Airway Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on November 22, 2024 at 9:20 pm

Broadway Amusement Co. built the venue in 1922 opening August 11, 1922 like on a 25-year lease. On April 27, 1947 it became the Airway Theatre with “Courage of Lassie” and “Blondie Knows Best.” On November 30, 1963, it became the Airways Follies Theatre with a combination of films and live stage shows on a grind policy. Opening films were Randy Brent in “Adam and Six Eves” and Odile Versois as the “Girl in Room 43.” Closing films on November 30, 1963 with “Tom at Play,” “Nature Fun” and “Art Models on Parade.” The seats were sold days later to a theatre troupe.

Joe Vogel on December 20, 2017 at 12:52 pm

The Baxter Theatre dates to the early 1920s. The October 12, 1922, issue of Manufacturers Record had this item:

“Ky, – Louisville – Baxter Amusement Co.: $40,000 theater on Bardstown Rd.; 57x100 ft. fireproof; composition roof; concrete floors; metal doors; steel sash and trim; wire glass; ventilators; seating capacity 1000; D.X. Murphy & Bro., Archts., Louisville Trust Bldg.; J.F. Russell Contr., Marion E. Taylor Bldg.”

Architects Dennis Xavier Murphy and James Cornelius Murphy designed at least two other theaters in Louisville; the Buckingham Theatre, 223-227 West Jefferson Street, 1898-99 and 1911, and the Olympic Moving Picture Theatre, 326 East Market Street, 1911. The firm is best known for designing the iconic grandstand building at Churchill Downs race track. Their successor firm, Luckett & Farley, is still in existence.

rivest266 on October 17, 2015 at 2:43 pm

April 28th, 1947 first ad in photo section. Did not spend much on its grand opening ad.