Frog Theatre
3055 S. University Drive,
Fort Worth,
TX
76109
3055 S. University Drive,
Fort Worth,
TX
76109
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Cinemark began showing X-Rated films on February 15, 1979 which wasn’t well received. It closed with X-rated films on March 31, 1979. It was reopened by Texas National Theaters Circuit on April 1, 1979 with the Spanish language films starring Cantinflas, “El Extra” and “Bajo el Imperio del Hampa.” In April of 1991, it became a live venue under the same name. On November 5, 1993, it became Stage West continuing as a live venue.
On April 8, 2005, it became the Frog Theatre as a live venue, second run movie house, and alcohol-free coffee shop showing the film, “Napoleon Dynamite.” It closed in May 2005 and was torn down in August of 2006. Because it was the TCU Theatre neighbor to Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1946 to 1993 (47 years) and was the Frog Theatre for one month, I would make a suggestion that the theater really should be the TCU Theatre (aka T.C.U. Theatre, Stage West Theatre, and Frog Theatre)
Closed by Cinemark in 1979.
This opened on October 24th, 1946. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
I work at TCU and this theater was demolished in order to build the new campus bookstore.
The Frog had croaked I believe.
The August 11, 1945, issue of Boxoffice Magazine announced that permission to build the TCU Theatre had been granted by the War Production Board. Construction was to begin as soon as plans were completed and materials could be procured. Plans for the new independent house, owned by W.V. Adwell and A.J. Wylie, were being drawn by architect Jack Corgan.
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here is a picture of the theatre when it was Stage West
I assure you this theatre is not only closed but gone completely… I was shocked to drive up University Drive and see a brand new drugstore standing where this majestic theatre once stood.
I think so. Odd that the night club would have the same name and address.
These people also claim that the Frog has gone to amphibian heaven:
http://tinyurl.com/ytufgw
Here is a 2005 article about the Frog:
http://tinyurl.com/yq8xwm
Here is a very recent site, so my guess is that the theater was not demolished last year:
http://tinyurl.com/23ksr9
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition as the TCU Theatre with a seating capacity of 800.