Texas Theatre

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historic building movie theater

Texas Theatre is a historic Dallas movie theater best known as the site where Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Texas Theatre canonical	1
Texas Theatre, Dallas, Texas	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7198995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas Theatre
Context triple: [Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald, hasLocation, Texas Theatre]

A. Wortham Giant Screen Theatre
Wortham Giant Screen Theatre is a large-format cinema venue within the Houston Museum of Natural Science known for immersive educational and documentary film presentations.
B. Perot Theatre
Perot Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown Texarkana, Texas, known for its restored early-20th-century architecture and cultural events.
C. Keith-Albee theaters
Keith-Albee theaters were a prominent chain of early 20th-century American vaudeville and movie theaters known for their lavish architecture and role in popular entertainment.
D. Garner Galleria Theatre
Garner Galleria Theatre is an intimate, cabaret-style performance venue within Denver’s downtown arts complex, known for hosting contemporary plays, musicals, and comedy productions.
E. Calvin Theater
Calvin Theater is a historic performing arts venue and former movie palace located in downtown Northampton, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas Theatre
Target entity description: Texas Theatre is a historic Dallas movie theater best known as the site where Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

A. Wortham Giant Screen Theatre
Wortham Giant Screen Theatre is a large-format cinema venue within the Houston Museum of Natural Science known for immersive educational and documentary film presentations.
B. Perot Theatre
Perot Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown Texarkana, Texas, known for its restored early-20th-century architecture and cultural events.
C. Keith-Albee theaters
Keith-Albee theaters were a prominent chain of early 20th-century American vaudeville and movie theaters known for their lavish architecture and role in popular entertainment.
D. Garner Galleria Theatre
Garner Galleria Theatre is an intimate, cabaret-style performance venue within Denver’s downtown arts complex, known for hosting contemporary plays, musicals, and comedy productions.
E. Calvin Theater
Calvin Theater is a historic performing arts venue and former movie palace located in downtown Northampton, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ movie theater ⓘ
address	231 West Jefferson Boulevard, Dallas, Texas ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Spanish Revival ⓘ linked to: Spanish Colonial Revival
associatedWith	assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
builtFor	John P. McEntee Bowman ⓘ
city	Dallas ⓘ linked to: Dallas, Texas
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentUse	live performance venue ⓘ movie theater ⓘ
designedBy	W. Scott Dunne ⓘ
featuredIn	documentaries about the Kennedy assassination ⓘ film "JFK" (1991) ⓘ linked to: JFK (1991 film)
hasCapacity	approximately 600 seats ⓘ
hasFeature	balcony ⓘ marquee on Jefferson Boulevard ⓘ stage ⓘ
hasHistoricMarker	Texas Historical Commission marker ⓘ
hasProgramming	film festivals ⓘ first-run films ⓘ repertory film screenings ⓘ special events ⓘ
hasSeatingType	single-screen auditorium ⓘ
hasType	single-screen neighborhood theater ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://thetexastheatre.com/ ⓘ
historicDesignation	Dallas Landmark ⓘ Recorded Texas Historic Landmark ⓘ
locatedIn	Dallas, Texas ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
neighborhood	Oak Cliff ⓘ
notableEvent	arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963 ⓘ
notableFor	site of Lee Harvey Oswald arrest ⓘ
opened	1931 ⓘ
openingDate	December 1931 ⓘ
operator	Aviation Cinemas, Inc. ⓘ
originalOperator	Robb & Rowley Theatres ⓘ
owner	Aviation Cinemas, Inc. ⓘ
recordedTexasHistoricLandmarkNumber	14006 ⓘ
recordedTexasHistoricLandmarkYear	2003 ⓘ
region	North Texas ⓘ
significance	important cultural landmark in Oak Cliff ⓘ key site in history of JFK assassination ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
underwentRestoration	1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ
yearOfConstruction	1931 ⓘ