Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Avenue,
Nashville,
TN
37212
2102 Belcourt Avenue,
Nashville,
TN
37212
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The Belcourt Theatre (Official)
Additional Info
Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas
Functions: Cultural Center, Live Performances, Movies (Classic), Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Hillsboro Theatre, Community Playhouse, Children's Theatre, Belcourt Playhouse, Belcourt Cinema, Belcourt Twin
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
615.383.9140
Manager:
615.846.3150
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News About This Theater
- Sep 8, 2014 — A look into the Belcourt
- Oct 18, 2010 — 1959's "House on Haunted Hill" returns to nearly 500 theaters on October 28
- Oct 20, 2003 — Belcourt Theatre Sold For $1.4 Million
Historic neighborhood theater opened as the Hillsboro Theatre in 1925. It was equipped with a Kimball 2 manual/5 ranks organ. It was later the early home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Belcourt Theatre was saved by grass-roots efforts in 1999 and reopened in June 2000.
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Recent comments (view all 41 comments)
Interesting note, the second auditorium looks very much like many of the Malco multiplex auditoriums in the 1970s.
Vastor: I hope you saw the name “Hillsboro” on the cornice of the old entrance. If you had walked inside you could still see sort of an atrium near the back of the present establishment, which served as a small lobby to the Hillsboro.
I was a relief projectionist, and later for Carmike was a manager there. Had a weird experience there with “cold spots”. The janitor, Veronica Flemming, was from Jamaica and practiced Voodoo. She “cleaned” the theater in more ways than one!
The Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol.1, page 259, by David Junchen, published 1985, lists a Kimball Theatre Pipe Organ being installed in 1925. The organ consisted of two manuals/five ranks.
Does anyone know what theater or theatre “Hobson’s Choice” played here in 1954?
David Bower’s “Encyclopedia of Automated Musical Instruments” p. 551 lists the Hillsboro in Nashville Tennessee as having a Reproduco organ, but there is no date. Wonder if the Reproduco preceded the Kimball or was there an earlier theatre with the same name? Reproducos were mostly of the photoplayer variety, rather than fully developed theatre organs.
Linkrot re-re-repair: The July 8, 1963, Boxoffice page with photos of the recently remodeled Belcourt Theatre is now at this link on the magazine’s web site.
First ad as Belcourt from November 2nd, 1962 in photo section.
Yhis theater is where the Rifftrax Live Events broadcast live from via Fathom Events.
NPR ran a nice piece on this theater & the Executive Director . You can listen to the 8 min audio at marketplace.org/arts then search Nashville Belcourt Theatre. I am not sure how long it will be available.