New Laurel Theater
2310 San Pedro Avenue,
San Antonio,
TX
78212
2310 San Pedro Avenue,
San Antonio,
TX
78212
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I worked for Interstate Theaters in the early 1950s, at the Texas, Majestic, Empire, Laurel, and Woodlawn. I was at the Laurel in 1951, so I know it predates that. At the time, it seemed fairly new, so I suspect (but am not sure) that it went up shortly after WWII.
I recently came across a picture of the Laurel Theatre and it was a very nice single screen theatre. There were two poster windows on each side. In the picture, the movies that were showing were “Girl Rush” and “March of Time” with a cartoon. Sadly, I read somewhere it is now the parking lot for the school across the street after it was completely demolised. I also thought like Michael and believed it was the structure on the corner with a tall odd tower, but someone informed me that it was incorrect also.
I think the building you see there now is an interesting and really old structure that’s housed a variety of buisnesses over the years. It’s still there. The Laurel Theater was south of that building—the last time I drove past there I remember seeing parts of the theater’s foundation. When I was attending San Antonio Jr. College in ‘65,'66 & '67, I drove past it everyday. Now I go by there once every couple of years but I’ll try to swing by there this weekend to take another look.
I’m curious about this theater. My family lived on Mulberry near San Pedro in 63-64. I remember walking to a theater nearby and seeing movies such as “Flipper” and some grade B movie called “Rhino”. According to CinemaTour.com there was a “Laurel Theater” at 2310 San Pedro, which is about where I remember the theater according to a MapQuest search. There is still a building there with an odd tower and a corner entrance. Are we sure the theater was torn down? The building could pre-date the supposed 80s demolition. CinemaTour cites the theater as closed, not demolished.
Michael
Puyallup, Washington
Great theater on San Pedro Road a couple of miles south of the Olmos theater which is now a school of some sort. Hated to see the Laurel torn down years ago —went to alot of movies there. There and the Broadway (now a bank building) and the Woodlawn (on Fredericksberg Road) and the Josephine. San Antonio had a bunch of great “independent” single screen theaters. Downtown we had the Majestic (still standing with live plays and concerts), the Aztec (now closed), the Texas (closed), the State (long time closed) and the Prince (closed) and the Empire (both well known to myself and my high school classmates for the late 1950’s and early 1960’s nudie movies).