Loew's Poli Broadway Theatre

dallasmovietheaters on August 17, 2025 at 5:44 am

The Davis Theatre was built for live plays. It scored with movies and became the Broadway Theatre on August 17, 1922 with B.F. Keith vaudeville performers and the film “John Smith” with Eugene O'Brien. It received sound equipment to remain commercially viable.

As it approached its 20-year leasing expiry, Loew’s spent $75,000 to upgrade it to the more moderne Loew’s Poli Broadway Theatre relaunching on February 19, 1942 with Katharine Hepburn as “Woman of the Year” supported by “Mr. And Mrs. North” on a continuous, grind policy. As their opening ad said, the only original elements were the four walls with the venue. After the War, the venue mixed in Polish films for the strong Polish community of Norwich that had begun at the outset of World War I.

Loews decided in post-War times to replace the building with its streamline moderne Loews Poli Theatre opening in 1949. And that’s just what they did. They then sold the building outright to auto dealer Charles R. Simon.