Blue Mouse Theatre
20 E. 7th Street,
St. Paul,
MN
55101
20 E. 7th Street,
St. Paul,
MN
55101
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The Blue Mouse Theatre operated from 1914 to 1922. A side view this theatre’s rain canopy had the silhouette of a large white mouse. Under the mouse was “THEATRE”. Under theatre was “5¢ PHOTO PLAY 10¢”.
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From the early 1900s a postcard view of the Mouse Theatre in St.Paul.
This house was actually called the Blue Mouse Theatre. It operated at 20 E. Seventh Street from 1914 to 1922, according to Dave Kenney’s Twin Cities Picture Show: A Century of Moviegoing.
A number of American cities had theaters called the Blue Mouse, though the name was most common in the Pacific Northwest, where John Hamrick opened several. I’ve seen speculation that the name originated with a cabaret in Paris, but it is far more likely that all were named for a once-popular play of the name.
Originally written in German by playwrights Engel and Horst, The Blue Mouse was adapted for English-speaking audiences around 1908 by the popular American dramatist Clyde Fitch. Both Fitch and the play (which was considered quite scandalous in its day) are largely forgotten, but there is still a Blue Mouse Theatre in operation at Tacoma, Washington.