I attended this theatre almost every weekend from 1971 (age 11) to the 80s. My grandmother took me to the Isis to see Night of the Living Dead there in 1968. My family all went to the Isis throughout the 40s 50s etc.
The separate section with 2 rows of seats in the very back of the balcony was known as the “crows nest” as this was segregated seating for Blacks in the era. Im sure that item is not well known to most folks. I own a postcard photo of the Isis in the 40s on a night when Ginger Rogers made an appearance there.
In the late 70s to its closing, the owner “Mr. Griff” had the Cates and Wilkins family manage and run the theatre. Everyone from the box office to the ushers were related. I grew up with the Cates family too and therefore had the run of the place. Met my first girlfriend there. And many more later. Someone posted some photos of the inside of the place now, what a tragedy! Too bad Fort Worth doesnt make a real effort to do something with it.
I attended this theatre almost every weekend from 1971 (age 11) to the 80s. My grandmother took me to the Isis to see Night of the Living Dead there in 1968. My family all went to the Isis throughout the 40s 50s etc.
The separate section with 2 rows of seats in the very back of the balcony was known as the “crows nest” as this was segregated seating for Blacks in the era. Im sure that item is not well known to most folks. I own a postcard photo of the Isis in the 40s on a night when Ginger Rogers made an appearance there.
In the late 70s to its closing, the owner “Mr. Griff” had the Cates and Wilkins family manage and run the theatre. Everyone from the box office to the ushers were related. I grew up with the Cates family too and therefore had the run of the place. Met my first girlfriend there. And many more later. Someone posted some photos of the inside of the place now, what a tragedy! Too bad Fort Worth doesnt make a real effort to do something with it.