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Its Bijou Theatre in Nashville was one of the premiere venues for African American audiences in the Southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Milton Starr, who was part of the prominent Jewish family that owned and ran the theater, was the first president of the Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA), headquartered in Chattanooga . [ 3 ]
1916 – Nashville Housewives League organized. [20] 1918 July 9: Great Train Wreck of 1918. 1918 influenza epidemic. [31] 1920 – Population: 118,342. [11] 1922 - Nashville's first radio station, WDAA, signs on [32] 1925 War Memorial Auditorium dedicated. [33] WSM radio and its Grand Ole Opry begin broadcasting. [34] Belcourt Theatre built. [23]
The Muvico theater was scheduled to shut down by the end of March 2008. Belz considered converting the Muvico space into a hotel lobby, a meeting space, and 160-170 hotel rooms. [5] In June 2008 the Dan McGuinness Irish pub in the Peabody Place Retail & Entertainment Center announced it was moving to Olive Branch, Mississippi, a nearby suburb. [13]
New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week. Pat Saperstein and Matt Minton. February 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM.
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Belcourt Theatre in 2008. The theater was opened in 1925 as the Hillsboro Theatre by M.A. Lightman Sr. of Malco Theatres and his father Joseph Lightman. It was a silent movie house, boasting the most modern projection equipment and the largest stage in the city. The first film shown was America by D. W. Griffith. [2]
A publicity shot from Australia-based Thunder from Down Under male revue, which plans to set up a permanent residency in downtown Nashville's Woolworth Theatre in September 2024.
The Tennessee Theatre was a 2,028 seat, single screen movie and stage theater at 535 Church Street, in Nashville, Tennessee was opened on February 28, 1952. [1] It was built with the designs of architect Joseph W. Holman in the shell of the 11-story, Art Deco Sudekum Building, [2] also known as Warner building, that was completed in 1932, The theater was demolished in the 1980s.