‘Shrine of the Silent Art’ was a major player in Knoxville’s movie-house history When the Riviera Theater opened at 510-12 S. Gay St. on Monday, Dec. 6, 1920, with Cecille B. DeMille’s “Conrad in Search of His Youth,” it was the latest crest in a craze for movie theaters that had washed up and down Gay Street for more than a decade, each theater surpassing the last in size and grandeur...
EAST TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
In an undated photo looking north on Gay Street, the
Riviera Theater can be seen on the right side.
News Sentinel after a fire destroyed much of the Riviera
Theater in downtown Knoxville,
it was rebuilt and
opened in January 1964 with the Cary Grant movie “Charade.”
Read the full story here:http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/27/remembering-the-riviera/
Movie house highlights: Pink marble, risqué shows
COMPILED BY SCOTT MCNUTT
Monday, August 27, 2007
* Staub Theater, 800-804 S. Gay St., 1872
With its pink Tennessee marble facings, Mansard roof and balustrade, the Staub Theater was the talk of the town when it opened with Rossini’s opera “William Tell” in 1872...
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http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/27/movie-house-highlights-pink-marble-risqu-shows/
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