One hundred years after showing its first movie, the Bijou Theatre regained its original name. Trends come and go, and in the second half of the 1900s the Bijou Theatre underwent different identities and was renamed The Rivoli, Downtown Cinema and then Downtown Family Cinema.
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I can hardly wait to make it my favourite movie theatre. We talked our way in to a tour with one of the owners today. Quilty, a master dance instructor, operated his College of Dancing, bringing waltz, polka, tap and ballet lessons to the city of Bridgeport until 1950. The Bijou claims the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating gay porn theater and sex club in the United States, and it sure looks it. 18 reviews of The Bijou Theatre 'I've been waiting for this theatre to open forever I was so excited to see that they have begun their summer preview. The Bijou Theatre provides events that enrich the lives of East Tennesseans, stimulate cultural diversity, and reflect excellence in the performing arts.
Peter Dawe bought the building and Daniel J. The price per ticket back then? 5 cents for matinees, 10 cents for evening shows! Aside from movies, the Bijou Theatre was alive with music and dance. The ownership changed several times and some of the Art. The theater had 270 seats and movies were 35 cents for adults and 10 cents for kids, the museum writes. The Bijou has an unassuming faade, with little more than a small banner with the name and a small marquee with movie times making their business known. According to the North Lincoln County Historical Museum, it was originally known as the Lakeside Theater. The theater came about in 1980 after the original founder Michael Lamont went around town screening films for the community and his friends told him he should open a theater. It was common for the Bijou to offer three or four Vaudeville shows every day. Bijou Theatre off Highway 101 / Photo courtesy of Cinema Treasures. Santikos Bijou Theater has closed after 35 years. Southey to design a movie house with a two-story ballroom above. Silent films were growing in popularity and Lillian Ashmun commissioned architect Ernest G. About THE bijou The Bijou Theatre has a long and colorful history dating back to 1909.
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