Belcourt Theatre

2102 Belcourt Avenue,
Nashville, TN 37212

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Current Belcourt Theatre Enterance

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Historic neighborhood theater opened as the Hillsboro Theatre in 1925. It was later the early home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Belcourt Theatre was saved by grass-roots efforts in 1999 and reopened in June 2000.

Contributed by Jim Ridley

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TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on May 27, 2011 at 1:35 am

Thanks Joe,thats the place alright.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 27, 2011 at 3:30 am

Thanks Joe,hope you were able to catch the Flick,Tis.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 21, 2011 at 2:42 am

In the early sixties the Concession Stand area was given a “New Orleans"atmosphere.

davidfhale
davidfhale on November 9, 2011 at 9:32 pm

I worked as a doorman for two summers when Lou Rubenstein was the manager. I remember very well the smoking seats in the second auditorium. We were supposed to charge 25 cents extra to sit in those seats, and often I would be sent in with a roll of tickets to collect the additional money.

DavePrice
DavePrice on November 9, 2011 at 9:40 pm

There was a great article about Lou Rubenstein maybe twenty years ago in one of the papers. I used to run into him in the Shoney’s on Murphy Road when he lived nearby. Fascinating old Crescent man.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on November 9, 2011 at 10:15 pm

Good to see back on here Dave.

DavePrice
DavePrice on November 9, 2011 at 10:27 pm

Thanks, TLSLoews. I’ve been here all along. Just haven’t said much lately.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 9, 2011 at 10:46 pm

Another link repair: Photos of the Belcourt Theatre in Boxoffice, July 8, 1963.

davidfhale
davidfhale on November 9, 2011 at 11:22 pm

DavePrice – I searched and couldn’t find the article. From some other searches, it seems Lou died in 1992 at age 81, and Mamie died in 2005 at age 92. It seemed like Lou knew almost everybody in town. He had the longest Christmas commercial reel of any Martin theatre, and the police would drive him to the bank to make the nightly deposit.

DavePrice
DavePrice on November 9, 2011 at 11:52 pm

David: I have the cut-out story but apparently failed to write down the date of it. A pic of Lou says “Banner Photo by Bob Ray,” so that tells us which paper. Mark Howard wrote the story caled, “Soft-Shoe, Popcorn Carts, & Marx Brothers.” There’s a mention on the back of Gov Alexander, so that helps with the date. Regards- Dave

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