Do you have some evidence that the Texas Theater tore the tickets in half and gave back the stub?
If they didn't, they are the only theater I know of that didn't. The whole point of tearing the ticket and giving half to the patron is two-fold:
It cancels the ticket: a patron who bought a ticket, saw a movie, and left the theater can't re-enter the place on the half ticket.
It serves as a receipt proving that a customer in the theater proper had purchased a ticket.
Now, do you have any evidence that the Texas Theatre
didn't give back stubs? Or are you just trying to play Junior G-Man Grinchiklaus, searching desperately for a Christmas tree light that won't light on one side?