{"id":419841,"date":"2026-08-29T03:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T03:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419841\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T03:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T03:24:19","slug":"two-dolly-parton-films-are-back-in-north-texas-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419841\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Dolly Parton films are back in North Texas theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth<\/p>\n

AMC Theatres is honoring Dolly Parton by putting two of her films back in movie theaters.<\/p>\n

Parton died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, after a brief battle with cancer. The 80-year-old left a lasting legacy wherever she went, including in Fort Worth and North Texas<\/a>, where she performed frequently.<\/p>\n

AMC CEO Adam Aron announced<\/a> on Thursday, Aug. 27, that the theater chain is sending 1982\u2019s \u201cThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas\u201d and 1989s \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d into about 200 multiplexes across the country.<\/p>\n

There are a handful of North Texas theaters will that screen both films this weekend and into next week. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n

Where to see Dolly Parton back on the big screen<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas\u201d and \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d are playing in the following theaters now through Wednesday, Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

Click on each theater to find showtimes:<\/p>\n

Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n


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Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth AMC Theatres is honoring Dolly Parton by putting two of her films back in movie theaters.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-419841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}