Bay Theatre
911 Denman Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 3G5
911 Denman Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 3G5
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Famous Players
Functions: Retail
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Starlight Theatre
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Famous Players opened the Bay Theatre on November 10, 1938 with Irene Dunne in “The Joy of Living”. Seating was listed at 770. The theatre closed in 1989 and has been retrofitted for retail.
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The theatre’s address should be 911 Denman (at the corner of Denman and Barclay), not 911 Barclay. This is where current occupant Blenz Coffee went after the theatre building was renovated.
Was also called the Starlight.
November 10 1938 Mayor Miller Opens New West End Picture House
Owned and operated by Bay Theatres Ltd. Capacity 760. Simplex E7 Projectors. Latest Scientific Sound Reproduction…
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uPBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J4kNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1094%2C1417814
Great cinema to see NFB productions.
November 10th, 1938 ad, and article
Bay Theatre opening Thu, Nov 10, 1938 – 12 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
This was part of Famous Players 1969-1979. It reopened on January 4th, 1980 and closed in 1989. Another ad posted.
Reopened as Starlight Cinema on April 27th, 1990. Another ad posted.
Retail, no longer a cinema.
A tanning salon.