Roxie Cinema
76 Wardour Street,
London,
W1F 0UU
76 Wardour Street,
London,
W1F 0UU
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The Bijou Cinema Club opened on October 14th, 1974 with “The Dirty Mind of Young Salley”. Grand opening ad posted.
The Roxie was London’s first dedicated gay cinema opening in Nov 1981, programmes by Peter Howden and managed by the Ritzy Brixton.
It was owned by Frank Green, who also owned the Mercury group of preview theatres in Wardour Street (Baronet, Coronet, Crown, Bijou(in Hammer House basement), and the dubbing theatre on the first floor of his office block (the name escapes me!). I worked as operator at night occasionally in the Roxie in 1983-4 when I was a preview projectionist in the Bijou. I remember watching ‘Pink Floyd:The Wall’, and ‘Koyaanisquatsi’ so many times….! Didn’t know it was ever called the Bijou – as far as I knew that was the preview theatre in the basement of Hammer House…
The Roxie had gone back to independent programming in 1983. Heavy Metal and The Song Remains the Same were playing on Dec. 14th, 1983