Biscayne Park Theater
North Miami,
FL
33161
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Al,
You are referring to an entertainment complex (probably not the Biscayne Park Theater) that included Pueblo Feliz (“Visit the quaint streets of old Spain before the shows” one newspaper ad says), and Teatro de Alegria…. Like you noted, it seems to have never exhibited films.
In his book “From Farms and Fields to the Future: The Incredible History of North Miami Beach”, Seth Bramson says it was built “fronting today’s NE 16th Ave and 123rd Street”.
Click here to see an artist’s depiction on a postcard.
Another listing for the postcard describes the show “Fountania” as having been a “Florida historical pageant”.
The complex was also damaged and closed by the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, then what was left burned down sometime later.
I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.
The naming of North Miami and Miami Shores is discussed in local history books such as Seth Bramson’s aforementioned “Boulevard of Dreams: A Pictorial History of El Portal, Biscayne Park, Miami Shores and North Miami ” and “Miami’s Historic Neighborhoods: A History of Community”, edited by Becky Roper Matkov, both available in the Miami-Dade Public Library system.
It’s also mentioned on North Miami’s Wikipedia page.