Corder Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on October 18, 2024 at 9:36 pm

Miller & Blevins opened the Yale Theater to play movies and mix in live acts on May 21, 1912. Five operators later, R.R. Gladish took on the venue. operated it in 1926. But it closes and reopens May 19, 1927 as the New Theatre with “Resurrection.”

L.A. Wollenmann wired the venue for sound in 1930. On June 10, 1930, the operation gets its sound-era name now known as the Corder Theatre with talkies starting that night with, “Dynamite.” It closes May 13, 1941 with “Mr. Wong, Detective.” It is used for rare live events thereafter before being repurposed.