The Palace was renamed the Airway in 1966, because of the DFW airport which had started construction near the town. It was renamed “The Flicks” when it was run by high school students in 1971 and 1972, and reopened one last time as the Air-Way briefly in 1974, before ending its run as a movie theatre and morphing into the Grapevine Opry for the the next 10+ years.
The 1940 version of the Palace actually seated over 650 people: 473 on the main floor and 178 on the balcony, which had a wall dividing white from black patrons. The current configuration seats about 410 because the stage and screen area was enlarged and pushed forward.
I believe this is Palace in downtown Dallas, not Grapevine, which was too small to afford custom footage (and had shown the film several months earlier in any case)
Per a mention in Billboard (August 8, 1953) owner W. W. Guest sold the Mustang to John Jennings. The Mustang evidently closed permanently at the end of 1956, although the site remained for more than a decade.
The Palace was renamed the Airway in 1966, because of the DFW airport which had started construction near the town. It was renamed “The Flicks” when it was run by high school students in 1971 and 1972, and reopened one last time as the Air-Way briefly in 1974, before ending its run as a movie theatre and morphing into the Grapevine Opry for the the next 10+ years.
The 1940 version of the Palace actually seated over 650 people: 473 on the main floor and 178 on the balcony, which had a wall dividing white from black patrons. The current configuration seats about 410 because the stage and screen area was enlarged and pushed forward.
I believe this is Palace in downtown Dallas, not Grapevine, which was too small to afford custom footage (and had shown the film several months earlier in any case)
Per a mention in Billboard (August 8, 1953) owner W. W. Guest sold the Mustang to John Jennings. The Mustang evidently closed permanently at the end of 1956, although the site remained for more than a decade.