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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Michigan » Detroit » Bijou Theatre
Also known as Cent Odeon, New Gayety Theatre, Cine X

Bijou Theatre

Detroit, MI
62 Monroe Street
, Detroit, MI 48226 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 314
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
Bijou Theatre
Vintage photograph of the Bijou, which can be partially seen at left
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
The Cent Odeon opened in early 1906, as a nickelodeon, not long after the city's first nickelodeon, just down Monroe, Detroit's first theater row. Designed by the firm of Mildner and Eisen, it could seat just over 300.

In 1908, it was renamed the Bijou, and its auditorium moved from the second to the first floor during a remodeling of the interior.

Over the decades, as the city's movie houses moved from Monroe to Grand Circus Park, along Woodward, the Bijou continued to thrive. It graduated to feature films, to sound films, and finally to widescreen films. In 1966, it received another new name, the New Gayety, and in two years, yet another name, the Ciné X, when it switched to pornographic films.

The theater closed in the mid-70s, having one of the longest runs of any of the downtown theaters. It has since been demolished.
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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This website has a 1950s photo showing the location of the Bijou Theater. Aka names given are Cent Odeon, New Gaiety, Cine X.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 24, 2007 at 10:05am
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