Theatre Denton
The Campus Theatre, Denton
Denton square
The 1949 cinema on the Denton square, now a performing arts venue. See the history page and what is on. Pictured: the theatre, 2015.
See the theatrePROD. Bonnie and ClydeSCENE 1TAKE 1TEXAS 1966
Bonnie and Clyde
The film’s story is set in Louisiana, Missouri and Dallas. Most of it was shot in Texas towns like these, in 1966. Pictured: the bank corner on the Pilot Point square, 2012.
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Clap the slate
Every scene was somewhere else
Seven scenes from the film. Pick one, clap the sticks, and the board shows which small Texas town played it.
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0 of 7 takes shot · 0 still standing
SCENE 1TAKE 1
A bank robbery on a town square
The film says: A small-town bank
Which Texas town played this?
Clap the sticks to find out.
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Scene 1 on the slate. Clap to see the town.
The five principal players in a 1967 publicity photograph.
Over budget
Called back to the studio
Wikipedia says Warner Bros. complained that the Texas location shoot ran over schedule and budget and ordered the crew back to the studio backlot, though the studio had already planned a return for final process shots.
Wikipedia gives the film’s budget as $2.5 million and its United States release as 13 August 1967.
A blogger says the film’s regional premiere was at the Campus Theater in Denton in September 1967, with Warren Beatty, Estelle Parsons and Michael J. Pollard attending.
Theatre Denton says the Campus Theatre was built in 1949 as a cinema, closed in 1985, reopened in 1995 as a performing arts venue, and was named a Texas State Historical Landmark in 2009.
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That’s a wrap
Go and find the towns
Pilot Point, Ponder, Venus, Red Oak, Crandall, Lavon and Denton can be seen from public streets. Bonnie’s mother’s house in Waxahachie is a private home; it is named by its district only and not pinned.
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Where it is now
7 places you can see in the towns around Dallas, plus one private house named by its district.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working town square about 40 miles north of Dallas. The bank corner is on the square; the town holds a Bonnie and Clyde Days festival each October, the blog says.
Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A small bank building on a quiet main road, seen from the pavement. Check whether it is open before you go.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A cinema on the Denton square. Check its listings; the foyer is open for shows.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank building on the north-west corner of the town square, Pilot Point, 2012. DiverDave · CC BY-SA 3.0 Denton County · Town square, Pilot Point, Denton County
Pilot Point town square
The Texas Film Commission says Pilot Point Town Square was the location of the famous bank robbery scene in the 1967 film.
A working town square about 40 miles north of Dallas. The bank corner is on the square; the town holds a Bonnie and Clyde Days festival each October, the blog says.
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Ponder State Bank, Ponder, Texas, 2012. Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0 Denton County · East Bailey Street and FM 156, Ponder, Denton County
Ponder State Bank
A fan list puts the “Farmers State Bank”, where a robbery attempt fails, at 100 East Bailey Street in Ponder, and says the building can still be seen.
A small bank building on a quiet main road, seen from the pavement. Check whether it is open before you go.
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The Campus Theatre in Denton, Texas, 2015. Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 Denton County · West Hickory Street, Denton Square, Denton
Campus Theatre
Theatre Denton says the Campus Theatre was built in 1949 as a cinema, closed in 1985, reopened in 1995 as a performing arts venue, and was named a Texas State Historical Landmark in 2009.
A cinema on the Denton square. Check its listings; the foyer is open for shows.
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Stay
A base in Denton.
The visitor bureau’s hotel list, close to the square.
Discover Denton
Where to stay in Denton
Denton
The visitor bureau’s hotel list for Denton, linked from its page on the Campus Theatre. Denton is the best base for Pilot Point and Ponder. Pictured: the Campus Theatre, 2015.
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A historic cinema on the Denton square, and live Dallas sightseeing results.
Theatre Denton
The Campus Theatre, Denton
Denton square
The 1949 cinema on the Denton square, now a performing arts venue. See the history page and what is on. Pictured: the theatre, 2015.
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The archive
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
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Pilot Point town square
Town square, Pilot Point, Denton County
The first bank
The state film trail names the Pilot Point square as the location of the film’s bank robbery scene.
Sent back to the studio
Warner Bros. complained that the Texas shoot ran over schedule and budget and ordered the crew back to the backlot.
Ponder State Bank
East Bailey Street and FM 156, Ponder, Denton County
A bank that fails
Ponder’s bank stands for the Farmers State Bank, where the gang’s robbery attempt fails.
Venus town square
Town square and Walnut Street, Venus, Johnson County
The barber shop
Venus’s square plays the barber shop scene; its grocery plays Ritt’s Groceries.
Red Oak
Old downtown, Methodist and Waller Streets, Red Oak, Ellis County
The family gathering
Red Oak residents crowd to watch the family gathering scene, and a schoolteacher is cast as Bonnie’s mother.
Crandall, played as Arcadia
Downtown and East Church Street, Crandall, Kaufman County
Arcadia, Louisiana
Downtown Crandall stands in for Arcadia, Louisiana, in the last North Texas scene shot.
Lavon State Bank
Original townsite, Lavon, Collin County
The café
Lavon plays the Lavon Café scene, and its old state bank building survives.
Bonnie’s mother’s house
West End Historic District, Waxahachie, Ellis County
Bonnie’s mother’s house
A Waxahachie house stands in for Bonnie’s mother’s Dallas home.
Campus Theatre
West Hickory Street, Denton Square, Denton
The Texas premiere
The film’s regional premiere is held at Denton’s Campus Theatre in September 1967.