Choy Heng Wa and his troupe, variously known as “Chinese magicians” and “novelty acrobats,” performed several shows on the Bijou stage. Hazel Leona, “the Merry Sunshine of Vaudeville,” was on the same bill.Īmong the many who performed at the Bijou in the days just before Christmas were Pietro Deiro, one of the country’s most famous accordionists and Skipper and Kastrup, the song-and-dance duo billed as “the Original Grouch Destroyers.” Ethel McDonough made her name as a “drummer girl” and as a high-dive act, but in 1916 she was a singer-comedienne and a “Statuesque Beauty.” Phil Bennett, “the Alpine Troubadour,” was a yodeler. The Imperial Bicycle Five played basketball on the Bijou’s stage. You Always Hear About It… But You Have to Get It to Appreciate It.”Īny holiday reveler who stepped out, especially to the Bijou, would have found something interesting. The Bijou, “The Joy Spot of Knoxville,” “the Theatre Beautiful,” bought the most space in the papers. Across the street, Staub’s Theatre wasn’t too proud for vaudeville, but more likely to feature Broadway and opera acts. Less than a block down the sidewalk, the Bijou featured vaudeville, too, but with more variety, including some famous national acts. On Gay Street, the Grand featured vaudeville.
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KHP’s historian Jack Neely looks back at what was going on at the Bijou roughly a century ago: “By 1916, Knoxville supported several small movie theaters, but the stage shows still drew the biggest crowds. KHP is proud to share an episode of Knoxville Chronicles with Jack Neely: Bijou Theatreproduced by Knoxville Weekend.
Humes, and his wife, Margaret (later Margaret Cowan Humes Ramsey, may have intended it as a residence, but after Thomas’s death, opened it as a hotel. It has a deep history dating back to the very early 1800s when Irish immigrant Thomas Humes built what we now know as the Lamar House, the front part of the Bijou Theatre. A true Gay Street icon, the Bijou Theatre is Knoxville’s oldest and one of the city’s most beloved theatres.
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