Mexican movies in the United States
A resource for the study of the exhibition of Mexican films
in the United States
Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr., has brought to light new facts about the exhibition of Mexican films in the United States. His research led him to the discovery of a cache of documents concerning Clasa-Mohme, Inc., a leader of Spanish-language film distribution in the United States. The company’s files have been preserved and are beginning to be studied. As a result of this fortunate finding, Agrasánchez wrote a book: Mexican Movies in the United States. A History of the Films, Theaters and Audiences: 1920-1960 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2006). Full of historical details, this study recaptures an era: the boom years of Mexican movie entertainment in the United States. Although the scope of the book is impressive, Agrasánchez has barely scratched the surface of the Clasa-Mohme files. There is an abundance of information in these documents that can lead to further studies in film and social history, economics, local businesses and more.
History
Clasa-Mohme, Inc., was a major distributor of Mexican movies in the United States. The company began operating in 1942, when Gustav Mohme partnered with Mexican producer Clasa Films. It established offices in California, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, and New York. This supplier of Spanish-language films was very successful in developing a market for Mexican movies in the U.S. But it was not alone and faced the competition of Azteca Films and Columbia Pictures. Azteca was a pioneer distributor, doing business since 1932[1]. Columbia Pictures appeared as a major contender in 1957. In 1961 Clasa-Mohme closed and transferred its film catalog to Azteca Films. This company continued providing Spanish-language movies to hundreds of theaters in the U.S. In 1988, Azteca finally closed.
The Clasa-Mohme Files
With records going from 1942 to 1961, the Clasa-Mohme files offer a privileged view of the growth of the Mexican motion picture industry during World War II and subsequent years. The records provide an insight into the day-to-day performance of many Spanish-language theaters in Texas and other states. They are revealing of the tastes and preferences of Hispanic audiences. The files register the economic impact of migrant workers on the movie businesses of the Southwest. They also illustrate social issues, racial discrimination, cultural pride, and the public’s identification with cinematic formulas and characters.
Contents
The Clasa-Mohme files are the survivors of an era of film entertainment. As such, they constitute a significant resource for the historian. The core of the collection is made up of the correspondence of Gordon B. Dunlap, manager of the Clasa-Mohme exchange in San Antonio, Texas (1942-1961). Dunlap was a meticulous entrepreneur who kept track of every activity in his business. Thousands of typewritten pages, booking files, and other records reveal the inner workings of an entertainment concern that was vital to hundreds of theaters in the U.S. Southwest and other territories. Of particular interest is his correspondence with theater managers, as well as his reports and letters to Juan Bueno, head of Clasa-Mohme’s main office in Los Angeles, California. The letters cover confidential information on the ups and downs of business represented by prominent exhibitors: Gaetano Lucchese of San Antonio’s Alameda Theater, the Benítez and the Ruenes families of the Rio Grande Valley, and other entrepreneurs. The files also contain papers from Azteca Films Distributors, broadening the historical perspective to the 1980s. Theater records, contracts, box-office statements, promotional items, newspaper clippings, photographs, film catalogs, posters etc., complement this valuable resource.
This archive is <15 linear feet. (This measure does not take into account movie posters, lobby cards or any other advertising material intended for display).
Digitization of these documents is one of the Archive’s projects.
This collection is not available for researchers at present. Yet, some material can be provided upon request.
A guide to the Clasa-Mohme files.
Including documents of Azteca Films Distributors.
Folders 1 thru 382.
1. Clasa-Mohme employee list, theater contracts, etc. (1944, 1953) | 14 pages |
2. Rio Grande Valley, theaters (1942-1944, 1956) | 12 pages |
3. Brownsville, Texas, theaters (1956) | 53 pages |
4. Clasa-Mohme bookings (1944) | 60 pages |
5. Information on Texas theaters (1944) | 107 pages |
6. Gustav Mohme, correspondence (1944-1947) | 39 pages |
7. Gordon B. Dunlap, Texas office manager, letters (1942, 1943) | 37 pages |
8. Jackson Tent Theaters, Robstown, Texas (1948) | 6 pages |
9. Follies Theater, San Antonio, Texas (1949) | 19 pages |
10. Zaragoza Amusement Co., San Antonio (1958) | 84 pages |
11. Casa de México, Alazán Apache, San antonio (1946) | 2 items |
12. Alameda Theater, San Antonio. Tickets and records (1974) | 8 pages |
13. Interstate Theater Circuit, correspondence (1954-1960) | 57 pages |
14. Corpus Christi, Texas. Competitive, legal issues (1948) | 35 pages |
15. Rex Theater, Cotulla, Texas (1947) | 10 pages |
16. Gordon B. Dunlap to Juan Bueno, correspondence (Sept-Oct. 1958) | 46 pages |
17. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (November 1958) | 32 pages |
18. Dunlap to Bueno, corespondence (December 1958) | 30 pages |
19. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondece (January 1959) | 18 pages |
20. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (February-March 1959) | 49 pages |
21. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (April 1959) | 30 pages |
22. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (May 1959) | 41 pages |
23. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (June 1959) | 57 pages |
24. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (July-September 1959) | 39 pages |
25. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (October-December 1959) | 50 pages |
26. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (January 1960) | 52 pages |
27. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (February-March 1960) | 54 pages |
28. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (March 1960) | 43 pages |
29. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (April 1960) | 42 pages |
30. Dunlap to Bueno, correspondence (May-June 1960) | 47 pages |
31. Dunlap to Louis B. Hess, correspondence (1952-1960) | 98 pages |
32. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Rio Grande Valley (1952) | 28 pages |
33. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Texas (1952) | 29 pages |
34. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Texas (1952) | 35 pages |
35. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Texas (1952) | 47 pages |
36. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Texas (1952) | 22 pages |
37. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Texas (second run) | 21 pages |
38. El derecho de nacer. Box-office statements, Florida | 4 pages |
39. Los desarraigados. Box-office totals (1960-1961) | 2 pages |
40. New York Office, correspondence (1948-1960) | 98 pages |
41. Non Theatrical Accounts (1955-1960) | 143 pages |
42. Theater Reports, Texas, Eddie Noonan (1951, 1953) | 70 pages |
43. Employment Matters, Antonio Osio (1958-1960) | 196 pages |
44. Employees, Wages and Hours (1958-1959) | 34 pages |
45. Gordon B. Dunlap, Rotary Club papers (1952-1957) | 62 pages |
46. Gordon B. Dunlap, Rotary Club papers (1957-1959) | 52 pages |
47. Gordon B. Dunlap, Rotary Club papers (1956) | 44 pages |
48. Gordon B. Dunlap, San Antonio Symphony Society (1953) | 28 pages |
49. Gordon B. Dunlap, San Antonio Symphony, assorted (1957-1959) | 52 pages |
50. Gordon B. Dunlap, Symphony and Variety Club (1951-1960) | 71 pages |
51. Gordon B. Dunlap, Symphony, Variety Club (1960) | 73 pages |
52. Gordon B. Dunlap, personal and business papers (1952-1958) | 41 pages |
53. Jewel Truex, E.D.G. Edwards, correspondence (1944-1945) | 47 pages |
54. Gordon B. Dunlap, assorted papers (1946-1957) | 30 items |
55. Gordon B. Dunlap, personal, community events (1956) | 15 items |
56. Gordon B. Dunlap, traveling, supporting vouchers (1953) | 40 items |
57. Office building, lease, etc., San Antonio, Texas (1942-1944) | 23 pages |
58. Fox Film, Gustav Mohme, assorted items | 16 items |
59. Drive-In Theaters Convention. Brochure (1957) | 1 item |
60. J.J. Houligan | 3 pages |
61. Gordon B. Dunlap, San Antonio community activities | 11 pages |
62. Newspaper articles, Mexico, San Antonio, etc. | 30 items |
63. Richard Dunlap Memorandum: distribution of Mex. Pictures in U.S. | 11 pages |
64. 40 Aniversario Cine Sonoro Mexicano, newspapers, etc. (1971) | 15 items |
65. Miguel Benítez, Jr., confidential correspondence (1948, 1952) | 27 pages |
66. Miguel Benítez, correspondence. Weslaco, Texas (1960) | 227 pages |
67. Miguel Benítez, quotations (1952-1955) | 82 pages |
68. Miguel Benítez, quotations (1960) | 18 pages |
69. Rex Theater, Mission, Texas. Correspondence Ramón Ruenes (1957) | 36 pages |
70. Rio Hondo and Azteca Theaters. Harlingen. García/Cañas (1958) | 8 pages |
71. Rio Hondo and Azteca Theaters. Harlingen. Violations (1956) | 60 pages |
72. Gordon B. Dunlap. Cía. Mexicana de Garantías, legal papers (1944) | 53 pages |
73. Gordon B. Dunlap. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance, Co. (1959) | 23 pages |
74. Accident Reports (1946, 1959) | 4 pages |
75. G.B. Dunlap, assorted items, products | 24 items |
76. Zaragoza Theater. Taft, Texas (1955) | 15 pages |
77. Lynn Theater. Tahoka, Texas (1947-1952) | 7 pages |
78. Don Theater. Taylor, Texas (1949-1953) | 3 pages |
79. Gay Theater. Tulia, Texas (1953-1955) | 7 pages |
80. G.B. Dunlap, personal items, brochures San Antonio, Texas | 9 items |
81. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Films exhibited and theaters (1958-1959) | 48 pages |
82. Laredo, Tamaulipas. Films exhibited and theaters (1958) | 18 pages |
83. Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Films exhibited and theaters (1958-1959) | 26 pages |
84. Folder, newspaper clippings (unspecified number) | |
85. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
86. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
87. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
88. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
89. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
90. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
91. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
92. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
93. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
94. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
95. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
96. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
97. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
98. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
99. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
100. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
101. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
102. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
103. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
104. Folder, newspaper clippings | |
105. Newspaper clippings. Theater ads. 3-ring binder. | |
106. Box Office Tonic advertising. 3-ring binder #1. | 135 titles |
107. Box Office Tonic advertising. 3-ring binder #2. | 145 titles |
108. Address book. Theaters served by Azteca Films in Texas | 30 pages |
109. La Zandunga, Azteca film shippinng records (1939-1941) | 1 card |
110. Prejura, Azteca film shipping records (1945-1950) | 8 cards |
111. Ora Ponciano, Azteca film shipping records (1935-1959) | 17 cards |
112. La virgen morena, Azteca film shipping records (1942-1954) | 12 cards |
113. Texas theaters served by Azteca Films (1984) | 12 pages |
114. Dallas, Texas. Theater contracts (1980-1981) | 54 pages |
115. Jewel Truex correspondence (inter-office, 1979) | 17 pages |
116. Listing of Spanish theaters in USA (1980) | 110 pages approx. |
117. Alice, Texas. Ranch Drive-In Theater (1968) | 22 pages |
118. Alice, Texas. Ranch Drive-In Theater (1970-1971) | 16 pages |
119. Alice, Texas. Rio Theater (1968-1969) | 23 pages |
120. Alice, Texas. Rio Theater (1970-1971) | 65 pages |
121. Mc Allen, Texas. El Rey Theater. Newspaper ads (1974) | 10 items |
122. Brownsville, Texas. Victoria Theater (1968-1969) | 24 pages |
123. Brownsville, Texas. Mexico Theater (1968-1969) | 50 pages approx. |
124. Harlingen, Texas. T.B. Hospital account (1965-1970) | 13 pages |
125. Harlingen, Texas. Grande Theater (1968-1969) | 6 pages |
126. Harlingen, Texas. Olmo Theater (1970-1971) | 26 pages |
127. Azteca Films financial report (1970) | 5 pages |
128. Azteca Films financial report (1971) | 75 pages approx. |
129. Azteca Films. Assorted papers | 30 pages approx. |
130. Azteca Films. Newsletters (1981-1984) | 5 items |
131. A Tribute to El Indio Fernández, Gabriel Figueroa | 5 items |
132. Fíjate qué suave, letters 1950-1952 | 7 pages |
133. A toda máquina, synopsis | 6 pages |
134. Dos caras tiene el destino, synopsis (bilingual) | 25 pages |
135. Rio Escondido, synopsis and artists biographies | 9 pages |
136. El charro del cristo, publicity, newspaper ad | 4 items |
137. Santo vs las mujeres vampiro, publicity, synopsis | 4 pages |
138. Santo en el hotel de la muerte, publicity, synopsis | 4 pages |
139. Susana, synopsis | 30 pages |
140. El lobo solitario, synopsis (bilingual) | 19 pages |
141. Todos son mis hijos, synopsis | 2 pages |
142. Los tres bribones, synospis (bilingual) | 32 pages |
143. Platillos voladores, synopsis | 2 pages |
144. Proceso de las señoritas Vivanco, synopsis (bilingual) | 42 pages |
145. El joven del carrito, synopsis (bilingual) | 34 pages |
146. Sonatas and other synopsis | 20 pages |
147. Los desarraigados, publicity catchlines | 5 pages |
148. Muñecos infernales, synopsis, newspaper ads | 20 items |
149. El rey del barrio, synopsis, publicity | 7 items |
150. Bajo el manto de la noche, publicity | 8 items |
151. La bienamada, synopsis, publicity | 11 items |
152. Adán y Eva and El pecado de Adán y Eva, letters and ads | 8 items |
153. Newspaper publicity for various movies | 15 pages |
154. “Catchlines” advertising | 100 pages |
155. Press Sheets, advertising | 20 pages |
156. Texas Theatre Guide (1956-1957), publication | 94 pages |
157. Several Clasa-Mohme and Azteca Films catalogues 1950s | |
158. San Antonio, Texas, directory 1950s | |
159. Photos of Clasa-Mohme office and personel in San Antonio, Texas (1944). | |
160. Photographs of movie theaters in Texas and other states (1970s). | |
Clasa-Mohme Theater Receipts Records. T E X A S | |
161. Aguadulce (Alamo Theater). Records: 1948 | 1 card |
162. Aguadulce (Texas Theater) | 1 card |
163. Alamo (Teatro Alamo). Records: 1942-1961 | 31 cards |
164. Alice (Jackson’s Tent). Records: 1942-1949 | 13 cards |
165. Alice (Rio). Records: 1950, 1951 | 4 cards |
166. Alice (New Rio). Records: 1952-1961 | 12 cards |
167. Alice (Manvell). Records: 1949, 1950 | 3 cards |
168. Alice (Iris). Records: 1952-1956 | 12 cards |
169. Alice (Ranch Drive-in). Records: 1954-1961 | 13 cards |
170. Amarillo (Our Lady of Guadalupe). Records: 1949-1951, 1954-1959 | 6 cards |
171. Asherton (Nacional). Records: 1944-1961 | 22 cards |
172. Asherton (Silvas). Records: 1946-1948, 1956 | 2 cards |
173. Austin (Capitol). Records: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 | 2 cards |
174. Austin (Iris). Records: 1945-1956 | 16 cards |
175. Austin (Queen). Records: 1945 | 1 card |
176. Austin (Texas). Records: 1943, 1951 | 1 card |
177. Austin (Yank). Records: 1957-1961 | 3 cards |
178. Austin (Salón San José). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
179. Beumont (Cristo Rey Church). Records: 1958-1960 | 1 card |
180. Brownfield (Rio). Records: 1945-1961 | 11 cards |
181. Brownsville (Iris). Records: 1946-1961 | 18 cards |
182. Brownsville (Grande). Records: 1952, 1953 | 1 card |
183. Brownsville (Mexico). Records: 1942-1961 | 37 cards |
184. Brownsville (Victoria). Records: 1946-1961 | 26 cards |
185. Brownsville (Fiesta Drive-in). Records: 1954-1961 | 12 cards |
186. Cameron (Iglesia Santísimo Sacramento). Records: 1955, 1956 | 1 card |
187. Campbellton (Monsivais). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
188. Chapman Ranch (School House). Records: 1948, 1949 | 1 card |
189. Corpus Christi (Melba). Records: 1942-1945, 1947-1951 | 7 cards |
190. Corpus Christi (Panamericano). Records: 1944, 1946-1952 | 5 cards |
191. Corpus Christi (Grande). Records: 1944, 1945 | 1 card |
192. D’Hanis (Holy Cross Church) | 1 card |
193. Dallas (Civic Federation). Records: 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950 | 1 card |
194. Dallas (Hockaday School). Records: 1955, 1956, 1960 | 1 card |
195. Dallas (So. Methodist University). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
196. Dallas (St. Mary’s Carmel Chuch). Records: 1948, 1953 | 1 card |
197. Del Rio (Guadalupe Recreation Center). Records: 1948-1951 | 1 card |
198. Denton (North Texas State Teachers College). Records: 1945-1951 | 1 card |
199. Denton (Texas State College for Women). Records: 1943-1951 | 1 card |
200. Donna (Chapultepec). Records: 1942, 1943 | 2 cards |
201. Donna (Palacio). Records: 1950-1960 | 22 cards |
202. Donna (Palma). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
203. Donna (Patio). Records: 1946 | 1 card |
204. Donna (Rey). Records: 1955 | 1 card |
205. Donna (Rio). Records: 1944 | 1 card |
206. Earth (Lyric). Records: 1947-1957? | 3 cards |
207. Earth (Earth). Records: 1954, 1956-1961 | 4 cards |
208. Edcouch (Texas). Records: 1943-1960 | 15 cards |
209. Eden (Linda). Records: 1948, 1949 | 1 card |
210. Edinburg (Alameda). Records: 1952-1961 | 10 cards |
211. Edinburg (Aztec). Records: 1943, 1959 | 2 cards |
212. Edinburg (Juárez). Records: 1942-1960 | 31 cards |
213. Edinburg (El Patio Drive-in). Records: 1956-1961 | 8 cards |
214. Edinburg (Roxy). Records: 1946-1952 | 8 cards |
215. El Paso (Colón). Records: 1943-1961 | 22 cards |
216. El Paso (Mission). Records: 1950-1956 | 5 cards |
217. El Paso (Patio de San Ygnacio). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
218. El Paso (Azcárate Drive-in). Records: 1957-1961 | 9 cards |
219. El Paso (Bronco Drive-in). Records: 1953-1955 | 2 cards |
220. El Paso (Cowboy Drive-in). | 1 card |
221. El Paso (Trail Drive-in). Records: 1953-1961 | 6 cards |
222. El Paso (Valley Drive-in). Records: 1958 | 1 card |
223. Elsa (Roxy). Records: 1947-1949 | 4 cards |
224. Elsa (Alameda). Records: 1950-1961 | 13 cards |
225. Elsa (Paris). Records: 1946-1948 | 3 cards |
226. Elsa (Tropic). Records: 1950, 1951 | 3 cards |
227. Elsa (Sky-Vue Drive-in). Records: 1957-1961 | 8 cards |
228. Falfurrias (Jackson’s Tent). Records: 1943-1948 | 7 cards |
229. Falfurrias (Cactus). Records: 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955 | 3 cards |
230. Falfurias (Alameda). Records: 1942-1961 | 25 cards |
231. Floresville (El Jacalito). Records: 1950 | 1 card |
232. George West (Monsivais). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
233. Harlingen (Azteca). Records: 1946-1961 | 36 cards |
234. Harlingen (Grande). Records: 1942-1961 | 39 cards |
235. Hebbronville (Casino). Records: 1942-1958 | 15 cards |
236. Hebbronville (El Rancho). Records: 1954-1961 | 3 cards |
237. Hebbronville (Longhorn). Records: 1958 | 1 card |
238. Hebbronville (Pioneer Drive-in). Records: 1952 | 1 card |
239. Hebbronville (Tito’s Drive-in). Records: 1954, 1955 | 1 card |
240. Houston (Iris). Records: 1943 | 1 card |
241. Houston (Palace). Records: 1943-1945 | 2 cards |
242. Italy (Elk). Records: 1955, 1956 | 1 card |
243. King Ranch (Evaristo Saenz). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
244. Kingsville (Jackson’s Tent). Records: 1942-1944 | 1 card |
245. Kingsville (Iris). Records: 1946 | 1 card |
246. Kingsville (Hi-Way Drive-in). Records: 1950, 1951 | 2 cards |
247. Kingsville (Rancho Drive-in). Records: 1954, 1955 | 1 card |
248. Knippa (Ybarra). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
249. Knott (Ward’s Tent). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
250. Knox (Colonial). Records: 1954 | 1 card |
251. Kyle (Parish Hall). Records: 1958, 1959 | 1 card |
252. La Feria (El Patio). Records: 1942-1944 | 2 cards |
253. La Feria (Royal). Records: 1945-1961 | 22 cards |
254. Laredo (Tivoli). Records: 1943-1960 | 1 card |
255. Lorenzo (Catholic Church). Records: 1960 | 1 card |
256. Los Fresnos (Guadalupe). Records: 1953 | 1 card |
257. Los Fresnos (Nacional). Records: 1947-1952 | 7 cards |
258. Lyford (Lacoma). Records: 1946-1960 | 8 cards |
259. McAllen (Azteca). Records: 1942-1948 | 9 cards |
260. McAllen (Mexico). Records: 1949-1961 | 22 cards |
261. McAllen (El Rey). Records: 1947-1961 | 29 cards |
262. McAllen (Depot Drive-in). Records: 1956-1958 | 2 cards |
263. McAllen (Fiesta Drive-in). Records: 1958-1961 | 4 cards |
264. Mercedes (Rio). Records: 1942-1961 | 37 cards |
265. Mission (Rex). Records: 1942-1960 | 28 cards |
266. Mission (Rio). Records: 1945-1961 | 33 cards |
267. Mission (Buckhorn Drive-in). Records: 1959 | 1 card |
268. New Braunfels (Capitol). Records: 1942-1946, 1949 | 5 cards |
269. New Braunfels (Peña). Records: 1945-1947 | 6 cards |
270. Olmito (Olmito). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
271. Pasadena (Guardian Angel Church). Records: 1954 | 1 card |
272. Pasadena (Salón Mexicano). Records: 1951, 1954 | 1 card |
273. Pawnee (Mrs. Christine Gaddy). Records: 1952 | 1 card |
274. Pecos (Pecos). Records: 1946-1949, 1953, 1954 | 4 cards |
275. Pecos (Cactus). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
276. Pecos (Victoria). Records: 1952 | 1 card |
277. Pharr (El Capitán). Records: 1954-1961 | 10 cards |
278. Pharr (España). Records: 1941-1961 | 29 cards |
279. Pharr (Cactus Drive-in). Records: 1948, 1959, 1960 | 1 card |
280. Port Isabel (Granada). Records: 1945-1948 | 4 cards |
281. Port Isabel (Roxy). Records: 1946-1961 | 9 cards |
282. Port Lavaca (Long). Records: 1944-1948 | 1 card |
283. Port Lavaca (Port). Records: 1948-1950 | 3 cards |
284. Raymondville (Mexico). Records: 1942-1960 | 35 cards |
285. Raymondville (Ramón). Records: 1958, 1959 | 1 card |
286. Raymondville (Rey). Records: 1956, 1957 | 4 cards |
287. Raymondville (Rio). Records: 1947, 1948, 1955-1961 | 8 cards |
288. Raymondville (Corral Drive-in). Records: 1956, 1957 | 1 card |
289. Rio Grande City (Azteca). Records: 1942-1949 | 3 cards |
290. Rio Grande City (Hut). Records: 1949-1952 | 2 cards |
291. Rio Grande City (Mexico). Records: 1958-1960 | 2 cards |
292. Rio Grande City (H&H Drive-in). Records: 1954-1960 | 6 cards |
293. Rio Hondo (Ideal). Records: 1946, 1947 | 2 cards |
294. Rio Hondo (Rex). Records: 1947-1960 | 6 cards |
295. Rio Hondo (Rio). Records: 1945, 1946 | 1 card |
296. Roma (Roma). Records: 1942-1956 | 8 cards |
297. Ropesville (Ropes). Records: 1953-1960 | 3 cards |
298. Ropesville (Wallace). Records: 1947 | 1 card |
299. Rule (Mr. Teodoro García). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
300. Rule (Rule). Records: 1947, 1950-1956 | 1 card |
301. Sabinal (Catholic Church). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
302. San Antonio (Follies). Records: 1948, 1949 | 1 card |
303. San Antonio (Maya). Records: 1946-1950 | 4 cards |
304. San Antonio (Ritz). Records: 1952 | 1 card |
305. San Antonio (San Fernando Cathedral). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
306. San Antonio (San Juan Nepomuceno Church). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
307. San Antonio (St. John’s Church). Records: 1949, 1952 | 1 card |
308. San Antonio (St. Joseph’s Church). Records: 1948, 1949, 1950 | 1 card |
309. San Antonio (St. Timothy’s Church). Records: 1959, 1960 | 1 card |
310. San Antonio (Trinity Univ. Tulac Club). Records: 1950 | 1 card |
311. San Benito (Juárez). Records: 1942-1944 | 3 cards |
312. San Benito (Palace). Records: 1942-1960 | 21 cards |
313. San Benito (Ruenes). Records: 1944-1961 | 34 cards |
314. San Elizario (Church Hall). Records: 1949-1951 | 1 card |
315. San Francisco Mission (Salón Iglesia). Records: 1952 | 1 card |
316. San José Ranch (Montemayor). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
317. San Juan (Murillo). Records: 1942-1961 | 28 cards |
318. San Juan (Rex). Records: 1955 | 1 card |
319. San Marcos (St. John’s Catholic Church). Records: 1950-1954 | 1 card |
320. San Perlita (Reforma). Records: 1952, 1953 | 1 card |
321. Santa Rosa (Rex). Records: 1944-1947 | 3 cards |
322. Santa Rosa (Rio), Records: 1948-1960 | 6 cards |
323. Sebastian (Alameda). Records: 1949-1957 | 4 cards |
324. Sebastian (Farmer’s). Records: 1948 | 1 card |
325. Socorro (L.M. Montes). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
326. Sparenburg (School Auditorium). Records: 1949, 1955 | 1 card |
327. Spur (Liberty). Records: 1948 | 1 card |
328. Spur (Spur). Records: 1942, 1945-1952, 1954-1960 | 3 cards |
329. Spur (St. Mary’s Church). Records: 1954 | 1 card |
330. Stockdale (Dale). Records: 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960 | 1 card |
331. Sugarland (Latin American Hall). Records: 1947 | 3 cards |
332. Sugarland (Tex-La). Records: 1948-1949 | 4 cards |
333. Taft (Zaragoza). Records: 1946 | 1 card |
334. Tahoka (Lynn). Records: 1951-1952 | 1 card |
335. Three Rivers (Carpa Azteca). Records: 1945 | 1 card |
336. Three Rivers (Jackson’s Tent). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
337. Three Rivers (Rex). Records: 1947, 1948 | 1 card |
338. Three Rivers (Reyna). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
339. Tivoli (Auditorium). Records: 1946, 1947 | 1 card |
340. Toyah (Toyah Lion’s Club). Records: 1958, 1959 | 1 card |
341. Turkey (Gem). Records: 1955, 1957, 1958 | 2 cards |
342. Victoria (Trinitarian Hall). Records: 1947 | 1 card |
343. Victoria (Uptown). Records: 1948-1950 | 1 card |
344. Victoria (Venus). Records: 1952 | 1 card |
345. Weslaco (Iris). Records: 1946-1959 | 3 cards |
346. Weslaco (Nacional). Records: 1942-1961 | 29 cards |
347. Weslaco (Benitez Drive-in). Records: 1956-1961 | 11 cards |
348. Wichita Falls (Gem). Records: 1956 | 1 card |
349. A R K A N S A S. Keiser (Lynn Theater). Records: 1949, 1951 | 1 card |
350. C O N N EC T I C U T. Darien (Darien High School). Records: 1951 | 1 card |
351. F L O R I D A. Daytona Beach (Seabreeze School). Records: 1955 | 1 card |
352. FLORIDA. DeLand (Stetson University). Records: 1953 | 1 card |
353. FLORIDA. Immokalee (Teatro Carpa). Records: 1952, 1953 | 1 card |
354. FLORIDA. Miami (Capitol). Records: 1950, 1951 | 3 cards |
355. FLORIDA. Miami Beach (Colony). Records: 1948 | 1 card |
356. FLORIDA. Miami (Flagler). Records: 1952, 1953 | 1 card |
357. FLORIDA. Miami (Sunset). Records: 1953 | 1 card |
358. FLORIDA. Miami (Tivoli). Records: 1958-1961 | 3 cards |
359. FLORIDA. Miami (Town). Records: 1948, 1949 | 1 card |
360. FLORIDA. Ybor City (Casino). Records: 1942-1945 | 1 card |
361. FLORIDA. West Tampa (Royal). Records: 1944, 1945 | 1 card |
362. I L L I N O I S. Decatur (Millikin University). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
363. ILLINOIS. DeKalb (N.I. State Teachers College). Records: 1949 | 1 card |
364. ILLINOIS. Des Plaines (Maine Township High School). 1953 | 1 card |
365. ILLINOIS. Dixon (Dixon High School). Records: 1953, 1954 | 1 card |
366. I O W A. Des Moines (North High School). 1949, 1950, 1951 | 1 card |
367. IOWA. Decorah (Luther College). Records: 1954 | 1 card |
368. I N D I A N A. Notre Dame (Univ. Notre Dame). 1949, 1953 | 1 card |
369. L O U I S I A N A. Carville (U.S. Marine Hospital). 1944-1961 | 4 cards |
370. LOUISIANA. Lafayette (SW Louisiana Institute). 1952, 1959, 1960 | 1 card |
371. M I C H I G A N. Detroit (Hispanos Unidos de Detroit). 1952, 1954 | 1 card |
372. MICHIGAN. Detroit (University of Detroit). Records: 1951-1954 | 1 card |
373. MICHIGAN. Detroit (Wayne University). Records: 1948-1953 | 1 card |
374. MINNESOTA. Mankato (State Teachers College). 1949, 1954 | 1 card |
375. N O R T H C A R O L I N A. Durham (Duke University). 1953 | 1 card |
376. N. CAROLINA. Davidson (Davidson College). 1948, 1954 | 1 card |
377. S O U T H C A R O L I N A. Due West (Erskine College). 1951 | 1 card |
378. O H I O. Delaware (Wesleyan University). Records: 1952, 1954 | 1 card |
379. OHIO. Dayton (Y.W.C.A.). Records: 1949, 1950 | 1 card |
380. OKLAHOMA. Ok. (Discalced Carmelite Fathers). 1948-1951, 1955 | 5 cards |
381. T E N N E S S E E. Nashville (Vanderbilt University). 1948, 1954 | 1 card |
382. VERMONT. Northfield (Norwich University). 1949, 1958, 1959 | 1 card |
[1] The Azteca Film owners had experience in the Mexican film distribution business since the silent era.
