Grove Theater
106 E. Main Street,
Honey Grove,
TX
75446
106 E. Main Street,
Honey Grove,
TX
75446
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Grove Theatre #1 opened on June 7, 1950 closing on May 29, 1959 following a theater-ending fire. The building was located on the square next to the corner building at 106 E Main Street. As of the 2020s, one wall remained from the former theater and a one-story structure took its place.
Grove Theatre #2 launched June 10, 1967 with “Texas Across the River” (ad in photos) in the northwest corner of Honey Grove’s square. Grove #2 turned to adult theater operation. It then got three new operators all trying to turn it back to a family movie theater from 1979 to 1981 with a final listed film on October 4, 1981 as Walt Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound.” The second Grove Theatre then went to live operation through March of 1982 and appears to have closed permanently. As this times out with the expiration of a 15-year leasing period, it may be accurate.
The Grove Theatre opened on June 7, 1950, as reported in the June 24 issue of Boxoffice. The house was operated by Tri-States Theatres and was designed by Dallas architect Raymond F. Smith.
Manager Joe Jones, according to Boxoffice, had gotten his first job in a theater at the Bon Ton in Honey Grove 34 years earlier.