Bijou Movie Theater
123 2nd Street SW,
Mount Vernon,
IA
52314
123 2nd Street SW,
Mount Vernon,
IA
52314
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Bijou Movie Theater (Official)
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Functions: Movies
Previous Names: Odeum Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
319.455.5902
Manager:
319.455.5902
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This wonderful little theater was constructed in 1975, opening as the Odeum Theatre on December 5, 1975 with Paul Newman in “The Towering Inferno”. It replaced the towns' Strand Theatre located on 1st Avenue which had burned down on February 1, 1975 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
It is currently owned by Jerry and Cheryl Sheehy of Lisbon, Iowa. The Sheehy’s two kids help customers carry their concessions to their chairs and clean between shows.
Contributed by
Gerald Sheehy
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Recent comments (view all 3 comments)
The official spelling is “Mount Vernon”.
Cornell College had two “movie theaters” circa 1988: The main stage in the then-decrepit Armstrong Hall, and a small theater in the basement of Cole Library, accessible from the back of the library.
According to their website the address is 123 Second Street SW not SE it is the red brick building on the corner of 2nd St. & 2nd Ave.
Opened on December 5, 1975 with “The Towering Inferno”.