Bijou Theatre
640 Emerson Street,
Palo Alto,
CA
94301
640 Emerson Street,
Palo Alto,
CA
94301
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This theatre was around the corner from the Stanford Theatre. I remember David Cooper, who worked for Walter Reade, opened this theatre as a single screen with Peter Sellers in “Dr. Strangelove” on August 12, 1964. It had closed by 1994.
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Tony Tarantino
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The building which housed the Bijou still stands, converted to restaurant and retail use.
I only attended this theater once, in 1986 or 7, for a showing of “‘Round Midnight.” The Bijou closed not long after.
I remember a simple auditorium with raked seating and blue soundfold on the walls. My only other memory is the alluring (to my collegiate-age eyes) Goth/Punk women who worked the box office and concession counter.
Here is the page from the Gordon Biersch site. Function should be bar/restaurant. Status should be closed.
http://tinyurl.com/rqw3n
Here is a 1994 article that discusses the Bijou and other theaters of the past in Palo Alto:
http://tinyurl.com/572pz5
Opened on August 12th, 1964, with “Dr. Strangelove”