Ed Rowley
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Eduardo Rowley managed theaters with H. B. Robb in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The theater partnership, called the Arkansas Amusement Corporation, was formed in 1927 as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Arkansas Amusement Corp. became a subsidiary of Robb and Rowley United Theatres in the 1940s. Around 1951 it became Rowley United Theatres. Around 1972 the company was purchased outright by United Artists Theatres.
Rowley was known as a fierce opponent of the blue law against showing films on Sunday.
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Rowley Theaters in Arkansas
- Arkansas Theatre (Little Rock)
- Asher Drive-In (Little Rock)
- Capitol Theatre (Little Rock)
- Heights Theater (Little Rock)
- Lee Theatre (Little Rock)
- New Theater (Little Rock)
- Park Theater (Little Rock)
- Pines Drive-In (Little Rock)
- Prospect Theater (Little Rock)
- Pulaski Theatre (Little Rock)
- Razorback Drive-In (Little Rock)
- Riverside Drive-In (Little Rock)
- Roxy Theatre (Little Rock)
- Royal Theatre (Little Rock)
Rowley Theaters in Oklahoma
- Victoria Theater (Oklahoma City)
Rowley Theaters in Texas
- Ritz Theatre (Big Spring)
- Texas Theater (Sweetwater)
