Frolic Theatre
1914 1st Avenue N,
Bessemer,
AL
35020
1914 1st Avenue N,
Bessemer,
AL
35020
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Previous Names: Dixie Theatre
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The Dixie Theatre was built and opened in the late-1910’s (it was operating in 1922). It was an African-American theatre and presented vaudeville & movies. By 1923 it had been renamed Frolic Theatre. The Frolic Theatre was still open in 1954.
After closing, it was demolished, and a jail was built on the site.
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Bhamwiki’s Frolic Theatre page says the the house had operated in the 1910s as the Dixie Theatre. The Dixie was not listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, so it most likely opened in the latter half of the decade. A contract between the African-American production company Norman Studios and the New Dixie Theatre in Bessemer for films to be run in September, 1920 does exist. A contract between the same studio and the Frolic Theatre dated 1923 also exists. The NRHP registration form for the Downtown Bessemer Historic District says the building was razed in 1959.