Bijou Theater
28 Church Street,
New Haven,
CT
06510
28 Church Street,
New Haven,
CT
06510
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I found a photo of the Bijou Theater dated around 1915.
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I notice above that we ‘have to keep trying’ to find every theater in CT. I was surprised to discover that the Paramount in New Haven is not listed. I don’t know enough to start a thread about it, but I remember I was allowed to play the organ there (not for the public!) on Saturday mornings in 1963, and that there were some organ concerts after that. In particular I have a picture of Eddy Weaver from Oct 20, 1967 (somewhat faded) if anyone would be interested.
Well, if you don’t know enough, do it anyway. Enter what you can and the other folks on here who know a hell of a lot more will follow shortly.
There’s still quite a few unlisted Connecticut theatres. See CinemaTour for a complete listing of all that I know.
Yes, I’ve noticed. I’m on there at least everyday. I was wondering why YOU didn’t put them in. But we all have lives, so that’s probably the answer.
A Midmer-Losh theater organ was installed in the Bijou Theater in 1921.
There’s a picture of this theater on page 40 of Images of America: New Haven.
The third post on here with the link to the marquee is the exact same photo (with a different angle) that I saw yesterday at New Haven Union Station. If you are facing the escalators, walk to the left and along the wall you will find it at the end.
This is an updated link to the 1915 photo in the related websites link above which doesn’t seem to be working.
Why the heck was this great movie palace torn down?? It was on the lot next to the former FIRST NATIONAL BANK building on Church Street. The lot is just a “green lawn” with nothing on it to this day!
I’ve found a reference to Poli’s Bijou Theatre being in operation at least as early as 1913.
This essay about architect Ferdinand Von Beren, published in 1918, attributes the design of the Bijou to him.
His firm, Brown & Von Beren, also designed the Globe Theatre in Bridgeport, and in 1913 construction began on a Brown & Von Beren-designed Poli theater at Main and Gold streets in Hartford, though this project appears not to have been completed (it might have been completed several years later as Loew’s Poli, which is attributed to Thomas Lamb.)