That Touch of Mink Premiere (1962)

Duration: 0:28

Year Published: 1962

Sound: No Sound on Film

Description: This news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on June 29, 1962, captures the opening of That Touch of Mink, a romantic comedy starring Doris Day and Cary Grant, at the Loew’s State Theater on Main Street in Houston. Several models in black dresses and “mink” stoles stand by the front of the theater. Several patrons wait outside to buy tickets to the movie as well. Loew’s State Theater was open for business from October 15, 1927, to October 15, 1972, before it was demolished.