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Blue Mouse Theatre  
Address 2611 North Proctor Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity 420
Original Theater Owner John Hamrick
Original Theater Architect unknown
Years of Operation 13 November 1923 through (operating in 1925)
Type of Musical Accompaniment unknown
Current Status Renovated and operating: The Paramount, in the Proctor St. district, has been reopened after through renovation. Sanstrom and Davis, who also own the Proctor Street Blue Mouse, are the owners.

The Blue Mouse Theatre was named after a lounge in Paris, France. The opening night feature was The Green Goddess (1923). A headline in The Tacoma News Tribune called the theatre the “Finest Suburban Theater in the Northwest.” A newspaper account of the opening night event stated that “every one of the 420 seats was occupied and a good sized overflow greeted the management.”

By 1925 the theatre was owned by Sanstrom and Davis.

In 1932, the theatre was purchased by Will Conner and renamed the Proctor Theatre. In 1972, Conner sold the theatre, which was renamed the Bijou Theatre in 1980.

In 1993, a small group of preservationists reacted to a plan to ‘readapt’ the theatre into office space, and joined together to purchase and restore the property. The group organized under the name The Blue Mouse Associates. Under layers of paint, wood veneer and glass tiles used to remodel the building exterior in the 1930s and 1940s was discovered the original Craftsman-style woodwork, stucco, brick pillars, globe light sconces, polished marble terrazzo, and original mahogany doors. A renovation of the interior revealed much of the theatre’s original architecture — Craftsmen staircases, a chandelier surround, an ornate trellis around the proscenium arch, decorated capitals atop sidewall columns, and Tiffany-style glass exit signs.

References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 590 : FilmDaily-19251109 p. 2 : with additional information provided by Jane Pulliam.

 

Website: The Blue Mouse Theatre website

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