Bijou Theatre
4th Street and Walnut Street,
Des Moines,
IA
50309
4th Street and Walnut Street,
Des Moines,
IA
50309
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Over at the former Moore’s Opera House turned Wonderland Musée turned Wonderland Museum and Theater (top center ad) turned Wonderland Theatre (bottom left) turned Bijou (grand opening ad at right from Feb. 8, 1897), its final operator — Fred Buchanan worked in “Kinidrome” short films with vaudeville. Such a hit were the moving pictures that the Bijou would move to newer facilities permanently equipped for projected moving images.
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