| Blue Mouse Theatre |
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| Address |
1421 5th Avenue |
| Opening Night Seating Capacity |
700 |
| Original Theater Owner |
unknown |
| Original Theater Architect |
unknown |
| Years of Operation |
unknown (operating circa 1920 through at least December 1929) |
| Type of Musical Accompaniment |
Wurlitzer theater pipe organ |
| Current Status |
Demolished |
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The Blue Mouse Theatre was a first-run house in downtown Seattle. The Blue Mouse installed a Wurlitzer theater 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 theater 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 theater was demolished circa 1960s-1970s.
References: FilmDaily-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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