I just added a 1938 photo, that I believe is the same Bijou as this page. This was the only Loew Poli-Bijou I can find any record of.
Please correct me if I am wrong, and I will add the photo to the correct CT page.
1967 newspaper image and copy added courtesy of Tim O'Neill.
Movie theatre riot in Boston; May, 1967.
Here’s what happened: A Columbia Pictures publicist came up with an idea…..If anyone showed up at the Savoy Theatre at 2:00 a.m. for the premiere of the James Bond spoof, CASINO ROYALE, wearing a trench coat, that person gets in for free. Well; apparently there was a pre-exam reading period going on at Boston colleges so; therefore, thousands of college students had some free time on their hands so 15,000 students wearing trench coats showed up and, of course, most of them couldn’t get into the theatre so a riot broke out.
The following list is credited to and courtesy of Greg Wall.
Via the “You Know You’re From East Wilmette When…” Facebook page.
Wilmette Theater Fun Facts
1) It went back into business after a period of being dark in 66. It
was being used as offices for an industrial filmmaker for a time.
2) Many long in the tooth theater ideas were employed by the
management to drum up business, including kiddie matinees
which featured terrible films by K Gordon Murry made on the
cheap in Florida.
3) There was a record store next store briefly that might have
been run by the same guy who ran the theater.
4) They played the “czech new wave” film “Closely Watched Trains”
forever. The local yokels were calling it the “Closely Watched Trains”
Theater. Same with “Z”
5) Double Bill: “On Her Majesties' Secret Service” and “The
Secret Of Santa Victoria.”
6) Terrible sight lines and bad sound.
7) The lowly “Chuck Wagon” next store has surprisingly been
one of the districts most enduring businesses. Yet the
Baskin Robins did close.
8) They did book a flat out porno at one point to some local
consternation.
9) They had many great revivals: Including a Hitchcock Festival,
King Kong, and The General.
One redevelopment plan refers to it as the Victory Theater area. Copy & paste to view.
http://historicdowntownpoteau.com/?page_id=19
Poteau History confirms it stood where Dewey Plaza is today. But they have the block number wrong as 200. 164 is correct. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.poteauchamber.com/Community/History/tabid/87/Default.aspx
Undated photo added courtesy of Rich Bird.
1963 photo added courtesy of Mike T. Cancemi.
Undated aerial photo added courtesy of Brent N Lois Melander.
Recent article with marquee photo from premiere of “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”, 1985. Copy & paste to view.
http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2015/04/09/movies-that-shaped-me-pee-wees-big-adventure/
1966 photo added of Iggy Pop & Dan Erlewine near the State Theatre. Photo credit Flickr: Guitar-Tech.
Details and fade of then & now below. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/42.278926,-83.740797/id/6107/info/sv/zoom/14/
Description with Page 1 of ad.
1920 newspaper image added courtesy of the Decaying Hollywood Mansions Facebook page.
Opened July 17, 1963. Closed in `77. Link with a brief history of the Woodbridge Sunset Drive-In below. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.driveins.org/va-woodbridge-sunset.htm
Article about Walmart falling through. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20120125/deal-to-bring-walmart-to-el-monte-falls-short-after-duplex-owner-refuses-to-sell-to-developer?hc_location=ufi
Closing image added courtesy of Ana de Rueda.
1948 image added courtesy of John J. Wilson.
Mary Brian’s last film “Dragnet”.
Don’t know why the marquee read “The Dragnet”.
Google street view shows some type of addition over the roof as of October 2014. Link would not post correctly.
I just added a 1938 photo, that I believe is the same Bijou as this page. This was the only Loew Poli-Bijou I can find any record of. Please correct me if I am wrong, and I will add the photo to the correct CT page.
1945 photo added courtesy of the Quentin Porter Collection.
1964 photo as the Richmond Playhouse added courtesy of Spade Lively.
1932 photo added courtesy of the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation. John Gilbert & Virginia Bruce film “Downstairs” on the marquee.
1948 photo added courtesy of the Thomas Balch Library.
Circa 1936 postcard added courtesy of Karen Draddy.
April 10, 2015 Chicago Tribune article on the Keno. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-help-us-save-our-drive-in-2015-04-13-story.html#page=1
1936 photo & copy added courtesy of the Miami & South Florida Memories Facebook page. See Photos Section.
Circa 1959 photo added courtesy of Larry Kleebauer Sr.
1967 newspaper image and copy added courtesy of Tim O'Neill.
Movie theatre riot in Boston; May, 1967. Here’s what happened: A Columbia Pictures publicist came up with an idea…..If anyone showed up at the Savoy Theatre at 2:00 a.m. for the premiere of the James Bond spoof, CASINO ROYALE, wearing a trench coat, that person gets in for free. Well; apparently there was a pre-exam reading period going on at Boston colleges so; therefore, thousands of college students had some free time on their hands so 15,000 students wearing trench coats showed up and, of course, most of them couldn’t get into the theatre so a riot broke out.
The following list is credited to and courtesy of Greg Wall. Via the “You Know You’re From East Wilmette When…” Facebook page.
Wilmette Theater Fun Facts
1) It went back into business after a period of being dark in 66. It was being used as offices for an industrial filmmaker for a time.
2) Many long in the tooth theater ideas were employed by the management to drum up business, including kiddie matinees which featured terrible films by K Gordon Murry made on the cheap in Florida.
3) There was a record store next store briefly that might have been run by the same guy who ran the theater.
4) They played the “czech new wave” film “Closely Watched Trains” forever. The local yokels were calling it the “Closely Watched Trains” Theater. Same with “Z”
5) Double Bill: “On Her Majesties' Secret Service” and “The Secret Of Santa Victoria.”
6) Terrible sight lines and bad sound.
7) The lowly “Chuck Wagon” next store has surprisingly been one of the districts most enduring businesses. Yet the Baskin Robins did close.
8) They did book a flat out porno at one point to some local consternation.
9) They had many great revivals: Including a Hitchcock Festival, King Kong, and The General.
10) It is over one hundred years old.