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shut down in 2019. Months later, a Velvet Taco restaurant opened in its place.. A reader named Pat shared with us that the location was originally a Roy Rogers Restaurant.Designed in the “Modernistic” style, Alabama Theatre was constructed in 1938-1939 by Interstate Theatre Company and opened on Nov. 2, 1939. Its first screening was “Man About Town,” a romantic comedy starring Jack Benny.
Interstate, a large national company, at one time operated 10 movie houses in Houston, including the Garden Oaks, Majestic, Metropolitan, River Oaks and Village Theatres. The 800-seat Alabama Theater ceased operating in 1983. Its final presentation was the low-budget horror flick “Mortuary.”.
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