Dallas group seeks happy ending ending happy seeks group Dallas
in battle to save landmark theater theater landmark save to battle in
year-old movie theater that died? That it it That died? that theater movie year-old
gone multiscreen? That no one would care care would one no That multiscreen? gone if not for the capture of Lee Harvey Harvey Lee of capture the for not if outlived its usefulness? That it should have have should it That usefulness? its outlived
Oswald in the darkness of its back rows? rows? back its of darkness the in Oswald
says John Rowley, whose father owned the the owned father whose Rowley, John says
show embarrassment, the Texas would would Texas the embarrassment, show
By STEVEN R. REED REED R. STEVEN By
Houston Chronicle Dallas Bureau Bureau Dallas Chronicle Houston
tious. tious.
Texas in the 1930s. 1930s. the in Texas
place. Palatial, elegant, not quite ostenta- quite not elegant, Palatial, place.
blush. blush.
tawdry stucco facade. If a theater could could theater a If facade. stucco tawdry
Renaissance motif lies hidden' behind a a behind hidden' lies motif Renaissance
neon stars that spelled T-E-X-A-S, its its T-E-X-A-S, spelled that stars neon
TEXAS-S TEXAS-S
DALLAS — What can you say about a 59- a about say you can What — DALLAS
Once, the Texas Theatre was a show- a was Theatre Texas the Once,
"It was an architectural work of art," art," of work architectural an was "It
Today, stripped of its marquee and the the and marquee its of stripped Today,