Casino Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on July 8, 2025 at 11:54 am

The Strand Theatre opened in the new Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Building on October 25, 1915 with an exclusionary patron policy and Mary Pickford in “The Dawn of Tomorrow.” On May 25, 1917, karma catches up quickly to the Strand which ends service with Irene Castle as “Patria.”

The IOOF was home to a sound-era theater with the new Casino Theatre launching with “Let’s Fall in Love” on January 28, 1934. The Winklemeyers were likely at the end of a 25-year lease with the IOOF when they decided to purchase the Lyric from Fox Midwest Circuit in 1959. They folded their hand at the Casino with “The Beat Generation” and “The Watusi” dancing to the exits on November 17, 1959. They resumed operations at the Lyric.