Lyric Theatre
1207 Main Street,
Commerce,
TX
75428
1207 Main Street,
Commerce,
TX
75428
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The Lyric existed when my family moved to Commerce in the summer of 1956–just before I entered the 6th grade in school. Ownership was the same as for the Palace across the street. Whereas the Palace showed the more popular films, the Lyric played what were called “B” movies–horror films, westerns, etc. It also had Saturday serials that children attended. The nickname known by most people in town for the Lyric was “The Bloody Bucket.” I always wondered what it looked like inside, but none of the films there ever appealed to me. The cinema closed within a year or so of my living in Commerce–probably in 1957 (or 1958 at the latest).
I am not aware of the Lyric Theatre ever existing, it was before my time apparently and I never heard anyone in Commerce refer to it. However Rowley United did not own or operate any theaters in Commerce until 1966. If the Lyric did exist, it was gone long before 1961. I moved to Commerce December 1961 and the only theaters at that time in Commerce was the Palace, downtown and the Commerce Drive-Inn west of town on then Hwy 24 and now the FM road that is Live Oak as it comes into Commerce on the West side of town. There was no closings of theaters in 1964.