Details
Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title The Bijou, Pioneer "Movie" Theatre
Date ca. 1922
Description View of the Bijou Theatre. The building has an ornate facade and a sign saying, "B.F. Keith's Bijou Theatre."
Notes This handsome vaudeville house of the Keith circuit, located upon Eighth street north of Race, is notable in the fact that it was the first play-house in this city, and the second in the United States, to exhibit "motion pictures." This novelty was introduced by the Keiths about 1892. From this experimental effort, which attracted at the time but scant public notice, has developed the immense and profitable business of the modern "movie."
Taylor Catalog Number: 81
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 5-4 [2717.F]