Texas Theater Schedule for Week the Assassination Occurred

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Title

Texas Theater Schedule for Week the Assassination Occurred

Subject

Photograph of the Texas Theater's schedule of movie showings, November 21-27, 1963.

Description

"A paper schedule showing movie times for the Texas Theatre for the week of November 21-27, 1963.

The schedule refers to two main features: "Cry Battle" starring Van Heflin and Rita Moreno and "War Is Hell" starring Tony Russell and Judy Day. It lists the start and running times for each movie, including times for introductory news and cartoons as well as intermission. A line at the bottom indicates that the next coming attraction is a movie called "Mary, Mary" starring Debbie Reynolds.

"War Is Hell" is the movie that was showing at the Texas Theatre when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested the afternoon of November 22, 1963. This schedule indicates that the movie began at 1.20 p.m." - Sixth Floor Museum

Creator

Texas Theatre

Source

http://emuseum.jfk.org/view/objects/asitem/search@swg/11/title-asc?t:state:flow=d486e3a8-43e8-41b7-9d90-f06b4726cc8c

Publisher

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Date

11/21/1963-11/27/1963

Contributor

Katelyn Belz

Rights

All requests for permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast materials in this collection must be submitted to the Museum's registrar, using the Rights & Reproductions Request Form. Inquiries may be sent to registrar@jfk.org.

Format

Color photograph of physical artifact

Type

Photograph

Identifier

2013.091.0001 : Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Online Collection, Photographs