Bijou Theater

atmos on January 15, 2024 at 4:29 am

Opened 4 Sep 1905 and closed 20 Aug 1981.

William Dakota on July 15, 2011 at 7:37 pm

I worked for Butterfield theaters cir. 1960. I managed the Michigan a block or two away. The manager at the BIJOU was a retired school teacher, I have forgotten his name. He was lazy. I had to take his concession inventory every week in addition to mine. The Michigan wasn’t in as good condition as the Bijou, but, I enjoyed working there and created a lot of exploitation. We played the HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM and I had an artist paint the front doors to look like a graveyard. We used to party and played flashlight tag after hours. Really nice group of workers. When we played GIGI, the Bijou manager came up and saw a line waiting to buy tickets. He yelled at them, that they should have seen the movie at his theater when it played first run. He was a real jerk. Across the street from the Michigan was a wonderful old theater that looked like a Opera house. Too bad someone with an imagination didn’t keep it open. I missed Battle Creek when I was transferred back to Flint.

kencmcintyre on February 23, 2008 at 12:34 am

Here is the updated link for the photos posted on 7/29/05:
http://tinyurl.com/2o8ao3
http://tinyurl.com/32aynw

teecee on July 29, 2005 at 9:34 am

Photos of the Bijou and Hamblin Opera house at this link:

http://www2.willard.lib.mi.us/bcphotos/theaters/