The Rig TheatreWink, Texas Myrna Loy Comes to West Texas!
Myrna Loy after being told she would have to tour West Texas Vintage Postcard
The Rig Theatre in Wink, Texas Photo courtesy Wink Museum. Contributed by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
The Rig Theatre c. 1936. Showing Wife Vs Secretary Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy ( and Popeye ) Photo courtesy Wink Museum. Contributed by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
The Rig Theater - a handsome survivor of Wink's heyday and one of the rare Texas theaters from the 20s has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The plaque may be on order, but until it arrives, an official paper notification has been stapled to the plywood.
Official notice from Texas Historical Commission Click on image to read text Photo courtesy Lou Ann Herda, April 2005
The Rig Theatre today Photo courtesy Lou Ann Herda, April 2005