Penn Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on February 21, 2022 at 7:29 pm

The problems here are many. 1) I don’t think there’s a theatre at the posted address. 2) I believe the photos are of another theater - the William Penn. 3) The guessy years don’t help.

There was a modest neighborhood theatre built at 1426-1428 South Fourth Street at Dickinson in 1913 called the Penn Theatre. The project was initially announced in March of 1913 and would be built for Jacob Petchon. This likely what the contributor is referring to - or not. This Penn Theatre closed after 36 years on July 7, 1949 with “Crime Doctor’s Gamble” and “Sons of Adventure.” During the 4th Street-located Penn Theatre’s run there was also a William Penn Theatre that seated 3,000, a South Penn Theatre showing movies at 10th and Girard and a New Penn Theatre at 800 North 24th Street at Brown that lasted into the 1950s.