Chippewa Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on November 2, 2024 at 5:16 am

The Chippewa Theatre Company opened the Chippewa here in 1911. The silent-era theater landed on the front page of a local newspaper on April 2, 1916 when local police took seized the film “Undine” and arrested owner James J. Barrett and Universal Film’s Barney Rosentahal for showing an immoral film specifically for a “nymph rescuing a man from drowning.” The venue showed the film apparently without the scene only to be seized again for showing women without draperies. Under pressure, Barrett sold out the theater to new operators in 1916 who promised only high class films.

The operator of the Aubert Theater took over the venue in November of 1924 reopening after a refresh. It was closed permanently on May 15,1927 with Constance Talmadge in “Venice of Venice” supported by live vaudeville. It never converted to sound and was converted a Jim Remley grocery store.