Grand Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on June 4, 2020 at 5:15 pm

The Jewel Theatre launched April 3, 1923 in the existing Zimmerman Building. Roy B. Eaton opened the venue with the film, “June Madness.” The theatre became known as the Grand Theatre on August 8, 1924 when A.W. Philips purchased the theatre from Eaton.

The theatre co-existed with the Charles Weisenburg bought the theatre in 1939 and sold it Grand to Bill Middleton in 1945. Weisenburg would launch the Gay Theatre in 1947. In 1957, it was used as a church.