Frolic Theatre

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.