Ellis Theatre

217 S. Main Street,
Perryton, TX 79070

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Functions: Movies (First Run)

Styles: Streamline Moderne

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Ellis Theatre, Perryton, TX

This small theatre appears to have been built in the 1920’s, but heavily modified. The marquee is wonderful, and probably dates from the 1940’s or 1950’s. The street level has received an unfortunate coating of small multicolored tiles, possibly at the same time the new marquee was put up. The theater has probably been twinned. It was advertising two movies, but only one showtime. There is also a video rental business on the premises. The Ellis Theatre closed on October 3, 2016. It was reopened under new operators in early-2018.

Contributed by Seth Gaines

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brentclarkf
brentclarkf on January 16, 2005 at 9:51 pm

Charles, I have regular, paper photos of the Ellis but nothing digital. Guess I need to finally buy a new camera. Cindy and I love visiting these old theaters, meeting their owners, and hearing their stories. We’ve been to quite a few in Oklahoma, Kansas, eastern Colorado, and the Texas Panhandle. Do you have any favorites in these areas that we might enjoy visiting?

brentclarkf
brentclarkf on May 10, 2005 at 1:10 pm

We plan on revisiting this one this summer to see the restoration progress. I’ll make sure we take digital pix this time. The Lyric Theatre in Spearman, TX., is also close to this one. We’ll visit and photograph it, too. As always we’ll post asap.

kpdennis
kpdennis on January 22, 2016 at 9:09 am

The Ellis also hosts live performances. See new pictures in the Photo section.

SethG
SethG on November 12, 2016 at 9:54 pm

The theater closed for good on 10/3/16.

benski_vincere
benski_vincere on January 8, 2017 at 1:05 pm

The Ellis Theater has indeed closed as of October 2016. I visited over Christmas. The building’s owner gave me a tour and everything is still in great condition, it just needs the right kind of love.

benski_vincere
benski_vincere on January 15, 2017 at 2:34 pm

UPDATE: there is a campaign to Save The Ellis! https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheEllis/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf

SaveTheEllis

marcus36
marcus36 on July 8, 2017 at 11:44 pm

I might be interested in leasing this theatre.

Al

Alikat71
Alikat71 on March 13, 2018 at 9:28 am

The Ellis reopened with new owners in 2018

Randy A Carlisle
Randy A Carlisle on June 16, 2023 at 4:33 pm

The Ellis Theatre was damaged, how bad, not known yet. June 16 2023… RAC Photography

SethG
SethG on June 16, 2023 at 5:58 pm

The Washington Post had a photo of an SUV shoved into the lobby. The marquee was still up, and looked mostly intact, except for the ‘E’ being folded over.

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