Texas Theatre Confusion

As an Oak Cliff resident, one of my favorite local spots is the Texas Theatre. I really love the historical aspect of the venue on Jefferson Boulevard. Plus, I got to cover the re-opening of the theatre, which was way cool, back when I was the Oak Cliff People reporter.

So, when I saw the Dallas International Film Festival Quick Guide in Sunday’s Dallas Morning News, I was pretty pumped at the idea of going to see a movie at the Texas Theatre during the festival, seeing as how the theatre and its marquee are featured on the cover of the guide.

Not so much. The Texas Theatre is not one of the venues for the festival. Sigh.

By Chuck Cox Mar. 22, 2010 | 11:24 am | 8 Comments | Comments RSS
8 comments to "Texas Theatre Confusion"
  1. Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Is the Texas Theatre a Dallas International Film Festival Venue? @ March 22, 2010 at 11:58 am
    [...] so much, despite, as Chuck Cox points out, the venue being on the cover of the DMN’s fest guide on Sunday. Leave a [...]

  2. Granny @ March 22, 2010 at 12:17 pm
    I had the same disappointment. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

  3. Judy @ March 22, 2010 at 1:42 pm
    WTH??? That should not be allowed!

  4. Jon Garinn @ March 22, 2010 at 7:09 pm
    I’m the special sections content manager at The Dallas Morning News who worked with the Dallas Film Society to produce the special section for the Dallas International Film Festival. I didn’t have a problem with the organization’s use of this iconic Dallas theater to promote the festival. I likened it to using any iconic venue to generate interest. I’ve seen conventions in San Francisco promoted using the Golden Gate Bridge, although I never assumed that break-out sessions were being held in the traffic lanes. I’ve seen New York events promoted using the Empire State Building, yet I never assumed that the keynoter was speaking from the Observation Deck. You get the idea. The Texas Theater is iconic, instantly recognizable, and able to generate the kind of interest in the festival that organizers wanted to generate. As far as I’m concerned, it was a win-win.

  5. Chuck Cox @ March 22, 2010 at 11:37 pm
    I hear you, Jon. I agree with everything you said. I just wish there were going to be films shown at the Texas Theatre during the festival. Thanks for addressing the issue.

  6. Jon Garinn @ March 23, 2010 at 7:39 am
    One thing more, Chuck: I’m a proud resident of Oak Cliff and the president of the Hampton Hills Neighborhood Association. Visit our Web site by clicking my name. Like you, I would love to have seen some aspect of the film festival brought to the Texas Theater. Keep hoping. Some day our prints will come.

  7. Patsy Summey @ March 23, 2010 at 1:05 pm
    There’s a picture of the REAL Texas Theatre’s marquee posted on facebook recently–headlining the World Premiere of the movie Angels Love Donuts. That premiere occurred this past Saturday at 2 p.m. as a benefit for two Oak Cliff groups: the Golden Oaks Scholarship fund and the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics. About 300 folks braved the extreme cold front that hit Saturday to attend this premiere and to meet the cast of the locally produced movie! Thank you, Oak Cliff People, for placing such a nice front page article about Angels Love Donuts in last Friday’s edition! Thanks, also, to the Oak Cliff Foundation for working to save this historic theater! More people need to support their efforts to finish the restoration of this wonderful old building!

  8. Virginia @ March 24, 2010 at 7:58 am
    The other day, I saw an ad on TV for Red Lobster where the shrimp looked juicy and succulent. So I raced to my nearest Red Lobster and guess what: The shrimp were neither juicy nor succulent but instead were much smaller than what was represented on TV, and I also found them to be rather dry.

    This episode was almost as disillusioning as the time I saw an ad for Michelob beer where the guy drinking said beer was surrounded by attractive ladies. So I purchased the beer, and guess what: The ladies did not come.

    I’ve noticed a pattern by the media of using our emotions to trap us into thinking that fantastic things will happen and they never do. I’m like you, Chuck — I’ve had my spirit crushed by their deception, their misrepresentation of reality. If you can think of any solutions that don’t require use of my sniper rifle, I’m all ears!!!

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