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Blue Mouse Theatre  
Address 1421 5th Avenue
Opening Night Seating Capacity 700
Original Theatre Owner unknown
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation Operated circa 1920 through at least December 1929
Type of Musical Accompaniment Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ
Current Status Demolished

The Blue Mouse Theatre was a first-run house in downtown Seattle. The Blue Mouse installed a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in October 1920. Organists ‘Bus’ McClelland and Billy Bilger played the Blue Mouse in 1927. The West Coast premiere of The Jazz Singer (1927) occurred at the Blue Mouse on 30 December 1927. By circa October 1929, the theatre was still owned by or had been sold to John Hamrick.

Showing 29 November through 5 December 1929, So Long Letty (1929); 6 December 1929, Shanghai Lady (1929).

The theatrer was controlled by Hamrick-Evergreen Theatres circa 1936. The theatre was demolished circa 1960s-1970s.

References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 590 : Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, pp. 6E, 8E, 9E; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 December 1929, p. 13; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 December 1929, p. 15; Variety-19291106 p. 10 : Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website : with additional information provided by Renee Nash.

 

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