Jimmie's Playhouse

Union City, TN 38261

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Jimmie’s Playhouse opened on March 24, 1921 with Dorothy Phillips in “Once to Every Woman”. It screened its final movie in 1923 and became a Special Events venue until closing in 1927. It was converted into store for Ebers & Brandeis of Memphis.

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 11, 2024 at 4:43 am

Jimmie’s Playhouse, March 24, 1921 opening ad in photos with the opening film, “Once to Every Woman.” Its film exhibition ended after a merger in 1923 but the Playhouse cont’d with live events into 1927 before being converted a store for Ebers & Brandeis five and dime store of Memphis. It was named for Jimmie Boyd - a former Ringling Brothers Circus troupe member who ran the Gem Theatre in Blytheville, Arkansas and also Jimmie’s Playhouse for two years in Union City.

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