Ernie Pyle Theatre

2121 4th Street NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87102

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on November 22, 2019 at 6:13 pm

Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 11, 1952: “Albuquerque Exhibitors Inc. have bought the El Rey and La Sambea from Marlin Butler. Butler still retains the Ernie Pyle and Sunset drive-in.”

Motion Picture Herald, Aug. 20, 1955: “Paul Campbell, recently city manager for Knox Theatres, Durango, has bought the Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., from Lester Dollison. Clarence Batter is the booker-buyer.”

Motion Picture Herald, March 3, 1956: “The Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., leased recently by Paul Campbell, has been closed.”

David_Schneider
David_Schneider on October 2, 2019 at 11:04 am

Ernie Pyle’s house is a public library branch and historic site that includes books written by and about him that you can peruse while in rooms he had once inhabited:

https://abqlibrary.org/erniepyle

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60933-d6609215-Reviews-Ernie_Pyle_Library-Albuquerque_New_Mexico.html

https://www.yelp.com/biz/ernie-pyle-library-albuquerque

jordanlage
jordanlage on January 21, 2018 at 1:43 pm

Enrnie Pyle (1900-1945) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was an American war correspondent at the time of death during World War II. He had moved to Albuquerque in 1940 and maintained a residence there until his death in April 1945, about a year and a half before this theater was named & opened in his honor.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 9, 2016 at 1:32 pm

October 9th, 1946 grand opening ad in photo section.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 29, 2015 at 5:48 pm

1945 photo added, photo credit Don J Akin‎.