Teatro Alamo
E. Acacia Street,
Alamo,
TX
78516
E. Acacia Street,
Alamo,
TX
78516
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Previously operated by: Benitez Theatre Circuit
Previous Names: Alamo Theatre
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Alamo, Texas is located at the Southern tip of Texas bordering Mexico. George Holdridge opened the Alamo Theatre in 1928 to service a largely Hispanic clientele. Holdridge closed the Alamo Theatre in 1931 without converting to sound.
A.R. Pena equipped the venue for talkies in 1933 at its reopening and he was associated with the venue for at least two decades operating mainly with Spanish language films as Teatro Alamo from 1938. It was destroyed by fire on February 12, 1939.
Late in 1940, the town also had the creation of its first ozoner in the Rio Grand Valley Drive-In Theatre. Three petitions to build a new Alamo Theatre were denied after the War. Eventually plans were approved and A.R. Pena rebuilt the Teatro Alamo and it was still operating in the 1950’s.
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Add in that the original Alamo Theatre was destroyed February 12, 1939 by fire. Just months later, an all new Alamo Theatre was built. The theatre with its equipment was offered for sale in 1974 for $13,500. It was definitely in business in the 1960s and likely into the early 1970s.