Queen Theatre
Tenaha,
TX
75974
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On May 11, 1940, Boxoffice wrote that E. Lee Scarborough had recently opened the Queen Theatre in Tenaha, TX.
The 1957 Film Daily Year Book showed the Queen Theatre still in operation, with 250 seats. It was still open in July 1961.
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Michael Kilgore
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That was a typo - it’s the 1950 Film Daily Year Book that still showed the Queen. Here are a few more clips to make up for that:
Variety, Nov. 20, 1940: “Lee Scarborough will open his new house in Van, Texas, this week. He formerly operated the Queen, Tenaha. City’s only other house was the Victor operated by S. G. Fry destroyed by fire several months ago.”
Boxoffice, Feb. 8, 1941: “Knox Riley, a brother of Mack Riley of Logansport, is reopening the Queen at Tenaha. He was (at Dallas Film Row) completing arrangements along with Mack and L. G. Tomlinson of Timpson. Knox is associated in Tenaha with Mack, who, in turn, is in partners with Tomlinson. On his own, however, Mack operates the Castle in Logansport.”
Motion Picture Exhibitor, April 13, 1955: “Knox Riley has announced that he has installed CinemaScope at his Queen, Tenaha, Tex.”
Variety, April 22, 1959: “Queen Theatre at Tenaha, Tex., which had been shuttered here for some time has been reopened under the management of Tommy Yarberry and Cecil Russell.”
Motion Picture Exhibitor, July 26, 1961: “The Jay, a new wide screen theatre seating 350 patrons, has been built and formally opened at Joaquin, Tex., by Herman Powell, Jr. Powell also owns the Queen, Tenaha, Tex.”