#Bijou theatre movie

Soon afterward, Knox Heritage took on an even more ambitious goal, that of saving the crumbling Victorian architecture of the Old City, the almost-forgotten warehouse district. The nonprofit began in 1974 as a group of volunteers gathered to save the Bijou Theatre, at a time when it appeared the 1909 landmark was going to be demolished. Without preservationist organization Knox Heritage, the city of Knoxville would lack many of its now-familiar landmarks. On the same bill was Dorothy Kenton, the famous вЂњGirl with the Banjo.вЂќД®xtract from вЂњMagnificent Distractions: Christmas, 1916, Saw a Promenade of American Show BizвЂќ from KHPвЂ™s вЂњA Knoxville ChristmasвЂќ now available in our online store.ДЇor a historical timeline, visit the Bijou TheatreвЂ™s official website They were known for spinning plates and breathing fire. Choy Heng Wa and his troupe, variously known as вЂњChinese magiciansвЂќ and вЂњnovelty acrobats,вЂќ performed several shows on the Bijou stage. Hazel Leona, вЂњthe Merry Sunshine of Vaudeville,вЂќ was on the same bill.ДЄmong the many who performed at the Bijou in the days just before Christmas were Pietro Deiro, one of the countryвЂ™s most famous accordionists and Skipper and Kastrup, the song-and-dance duo billed as вЂњthe Original Grouch Destroyers.вЂќ Ethel McDonough made her name as a вЂњdrummer girlвЂќ and as a high-dive act, but in 1916 she was a singer-comedienne and a вЂњStatuesque Beauty.вЂќ Phil Bennett, вЂњthe Alpine Troubadour,вЂќ was a yodeler.

The Imperial Bicycle Five played basketball on the BijouвЂ™s stage. You Always Hear About ItвЂ¦ But You Have to Get It to Appreciate It.вЂќДЄny holiday reveler who stepped out, especially to the Bijou, would have found something interesting.

The Bijou, вЂњThe Joy Spot of Knoxville,вЂќ вЂњthe Theatre Beautiful,вЂќ bought the most space in the papers. Across the street, StaubвЂ™s Theatre wasnвЂ™t too proud for vaudeville, but more likely to feature Broadway and opera acts. Less than a block down the sidewalk, the Bijou featured vaudeville, too, but with more variety, including some famous national acts. On Gay Street, the Grand featured vaudeville.

#Bijou theatre movie

KHPвЂ™s historian Jack Neely looks back at what was going on at the Bijou roughly a century ago: вЂњBy 1916, Knoxville supported several small movie theaters, but the stage shows still drew the biggest crowds.

KHP is proud to share an episode of Knoxville Chronicles with Jack Neely: Bijou Theatreproduced by Knoxville Weekend. Humes, and his wife, Margaret (later Margaret Cowan Humes Ramsey, may have intended it as a residence, but after ThomasвЂ™s death, opened it as a hotel. It has a deep history dating back to the very early 1800s when Irish immigrant Thomas Humes built what we now know as the Lamar House, the front part of the Bijou Theatre. A true Gay Street icon, the Bijou Theatre is KnoxvilleвЂ™s oldest and one of the cityвЂ™s most beloved theatres.