Majestic Theater

114 N. Front Street,
Cotulla, TX 78014

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Previous Names: McNeese Palace Theatre, Palace Theatre

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All that's left of the Majestic.  The concrete slab...

The Majestic Theater operated from at at least 1922. On June 15, 1928 it moved to a new location which was a new build, and it reopened as the Palace Theatre. Later renamed Majestic Theatre again, it was closed in 1974.

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Silicon Sam
Silicon Sam on September 25, 2009 at 9:47 pm

Not on Main Street, but found this on Google Street View on Front St. In the 1984 picture, you can see what remains of the location. Most definitely Demolished. A perfect match of the building to the South of the theater.

Screen Capture HERE

Silicon Sam
Silicon Sam on October 25, 2010 at 4:23 am

I did stop through there in January of this year and snapped some pics. You could see evidence of a fire on the South wall of the old place. All of the green tile and sloped flooring of the theater are still there. Just like the Google Street View shows.

It was on Front St. Maybe someone will update the address.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 4, 2020 at 8:13 am

This theatre launched as the Dixie Theatre in the silent era likely well before 1922. On December 5, 1925, it was taken over by the McNeese Brothers Circuit under the name of the McNeese Palace Theatre with Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman.” It moved to a new-build location on June 15, 1928 as the Palace Theatre. The Palace closed in the summer of 1930 as a silent operation.

Under a new operator, Milton L. Dubose, it was equipped for sound relaunching as the Majestic Theatre on October 21,1930 with Jack Oakie in, “Let’s Go Native” supported by newsreels, comedies and more. The Majestic made what appears to be a sub-leasing agreement with the operators of Teatro Junco de la Vega to split the week with English language films on Friday-Monday and Spanish language sound films on up to three other days.

The Majestic was the first place anyone got to see the film, “The Texans” as the film was shot there and a rough cut was played for the townspeople before the film’s final release. The Majestic’s final ads appear in 1974 which may be the end of the operation.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 4, 2020 at 8:17 am

Opened as the Dixie Theatre. Then the McNeese Palace Theatre. Then to a new location as the Palace Theatre. Then equipped for sound as the Majestic Theatre on October 21, 1930. Then made a deal to split the week with English language films on Friday-Monday with Spanish language films programmed by the Juncos in an agreement that appears to have lasted from 1934 to 1939. The Majestic then went back to an English-language exclusive film policy.

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