Mac Theater
612 Cowboy Way,
Plains,
TX
79355
612 Cowboy Way,
Plains,
TX
79355
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Opened in 1947, it was closed in 1958. A new operator took over and it reopened in Fall of 1962. It was closed in 1964. The Mac Theater stands deserted and testament to better times in the dusty and empty West Texas town of Plains.
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Don Lewis
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Wow, I thought no-one would ever post this before me. Plains didn’t look like a car had come through in 20 years. Tragic little place. The ticket booth had no glass left and was full of debris. It looked like you could hop in and crawl through a broken door to get inside (judging by the beer bottles, this was not a new idea), but I chickened out.
Turns out my picture of this theater didn’t come out. Auto focus fails every once in a while. Charles is indeed a goldmine of info on theaters. He’s helped me ID a few that I couldn’t put a name to. I have hundreds of pictures, but it seems like that feature may never come back. I’m almost out of TX theaters to post, and I’ve relocated to VA. The field will be all yours soon.
My photograph of the MAC
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/239652204
A 2006 photo of the Mac Theater in Plains.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2233401239
A view from 2009 of the Mac Theater in Plains.
An article about Plains in the August 13, 1948 issue of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche had these lines which were probably about the Mac Theatre, the design of which appears to be from that period:
My guess would be that Mac was Mr. McGinty’s nickname.Mr. and Mrs. Don McGinty built the post-War Mac Theater opening in 1947. Scuffling, it was sold to George Burke. Burke then sold it to Don Rogers. Rogers sold it to Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Potts who decided it was time to mix in unnamed Mexican films with “regular” films beginning in September of 1956 as audiences dwindled, in part, due to the success of television.
The Potts were looking but couldn’t find a buyer closing up in 1958. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Faulkenberry took on the Mac in the Fall of 1962 operating to it 1964. At that point, they may have placed the fatal knife in Mac.