Ernie Pyle Theatre
2121 4th Street NW,
Albuquerque,
NM
87102
2121 4th Street NW,
Albuquerque,
NM
87102
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The Ernie Pyle Theatre was opened October 9, 1946 with Burgess Meredith in “Story of G.I. Joe”. It was still open in 1955, but was closed by March 1956. Later demolished for construction of the Coronado Freeway.
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1945 photo added, photo credit Don J Akin.
October 9th, 1946 grand opening ad in photo section.
Enrnie Pyle (1900-1945) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was an American war correspondent at the time of death during World War II. He had moved to Albuquerque in 1940 and maintained a residence there until his death in April 1945, about a year and a half before this theater was named & opened in his honor.
Ernie Pyle’s house is a public library branch and historic site that includes books written by and about him that you can peruse while in rooms he had once inhabited:
https://abqlibrary.org/erniepyle
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60933-d6609215-Reviews-Ernie_Pyle_Library-Albuquerque_New_Mexico.html
https://www.yelp.com/biz/ernie-pyle-library-albuquerque
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 11, 1952: “Albuquerque Exhibitors Inc. have bought the El Rey and La Sambea from Marlin Butler. Butler still retains the Ernie Pyle and Sunset drive-in.”
Motion Picture Herald, Aug. 20, 1955: “Paul Campbell, recently city manager for Knox Theatres, Durango, has bought the Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., from Lester Dollison. Clarence Batter is the booker-buyer.”
Motion Picture Herald, March 3, 1956: “The Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., leased recently by Paul Campbell, has been closed.”