Washington Theatre
1615 Elm Street,
Dallas,
TX
75201
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It’s 1912 and for ten years, film exhibition has been in converted storefronts referred to a “store-shows” or Nickelodeons. It must have been pretty impressive to go to Dallas' first movie palace expressly built for photoplays here at the Washington. They didn’t have the eye-catching marquee at this point or even the best concepts for marketing. But design-wise, they had style and future competitors took notice. Theaters spouted up and down Elm Street and left the 600-seat Washington in the dust. That’s what it became in 1927 after its 15-year lease lapsed. But theater row flourished because of what W.D. Nevills had started.
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