Lux Theatre
57 E. Hastings Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6A
57 E. Hastings Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6A
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Circa 1982 photo added credit Greg Girard from below link.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/raw-photographs-of-vancouver-before-the-money-arrived-in-the-1970s/?fbclid=IwAR2rulyAMPI-waFdB7bCMIlaywLNZ8g96xviYyn4r6c0hQlGWyDU2rB_L0I
This opened on Christmas Day, 1939. Grand opening ad:
Lux theatre opening Sat, Dec 23, 1939 – 6 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
Here’s a 1958 night time photo of the Lux. The three block long stretch of Neon lights started here going west.
http://flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/2595843385/
Was once part of the Odeon chain. Later screened mainly double and triple bills. Was also known as the Eden Lux showing pornographic films. One of its last incarnations was a night club/bar.
Only visited this theatre once in the late 1970s but it took a great movie like Nashville to get me there. Situated in a very rough area of the city (East Hastings near Columbia) this theatre showed third and fourth-run double features,long past their theatrical prime. Interior was not nearly as seedy as expected although the few occupied seats had their share of downtown eastsiders. Manager was friendly and informative making the ‘experience’ not nearly as unpleasant as expected.