Cole Theatre
207 E. Second Street,
Hallettsville,
TX
77964
207 E. Second Street,
Hallettsville,
TX
77964
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Launched under the name Cole’s Theatre on August 10, 1925 with Betty Compson in “The Female.” Operator Mart Cole switched the theater to sound full-time on February 1, 1930. Became part of the Jefferson Amusement Company Circuit when the Mart Cole Circuit was purchased in October of 1936.
From 2011 a photo of the Cole Theatre in Hallettesville.
I missed Matt Cole, Sr.didn’t see that name.
The home office for the Cole Theatre was in Rosenberg Texas,Matt Cole Sr. was the President and General Manager.
The home office for the Cole Theatre was in Rosenberg Texas,Matt Cole Sr. was the President and General Manager.
In 1963, Cole Theaters, headquartered in Rosenberg, TX, operated the Cole in Halletsville, the Lamar in Richmond, the Cole, Twin City, Drive-In and State in Rosenberg, the Palms in Sugarland and the Grand and Sunset Drive-In in Yoakum.
More information: The Cole opened in 1929, and was owned by Mart Cole, who eventually owned a chain of theatres in South Central Texas. It seated 700, and featured Spanish murals, which still exist. More information in this article: http://www.vbmonline.com/features/999-40.html