The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-30
New Rijou Now Complete.

New Bijou Now Compiete.
The Bijou theatre on South Palafox
street, which has been undergoing ex-
tensive repairs and alterations to the
extent of being practically made over,
for the past two months, is now COM
plete and is, without doubt, one of the
finest motion picture theatres in Pen
sacola if not in the entire state of
Florida
For several weeks this popular lit
tie amusement house was entirely
closed down, due to the fact that the
old theatre was torn away and a new
one practically built in its place and
the result has been more than pleas
ing to the amusement loving public of
this city.
Today as the work on this theatre is
all completed Pensacolians can point
to it with pride, for in the alterations
Of the theatre the artistic has been
brought into prominence as we'll as
every Improvement for the convenience
and comfort of patrons.
TIL lighting and ventilation Systems
in the remodeled Bijou are as modern
and up-to- date as any institution of
its kind in the country. Even at the
entrance the breeze from a mammoth
electric fan suspended above the en-
trance reminds on that it must surely
be the coolest spot in all Pensacola and
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treading upon rich and heavy velvet
carpets that cover the isles, the cool
breezes from twenty alternating fans
greets him with the reminder that
he can sit through an hours enter
tainment in the utmost comfort and
unlike 80 many places of it's kind,
on the hottest day in summer he can
enjoy the pictures and illustrated
songs without finding II necessary to
remove his coat or to swelter in the
close, combining heat of a darkened
room.
While the entire interior of the the
atre has been remodeled and REIN
ished as well as the exterior, the main
entrance and lobby are particularly
beautiful and inviting. Both the floor
of the lobby as well as the sidewalk
in front Of the theatre have been laid
in an imitation Of Italian marble. The
ceiling of the entrance awning and
the ceiling of the lobby arch that
forms the ceiling to the lobby have
been finished in pressed steel and
finished in pure spotless white which
greatly adds to the beauty and artts-
ticness of the entrance. Slabs of irni-
tation marble, mammoth plate glass
mirrors and a myriad of incandescept
lights combine to give the entrance
and lobby the appearance almost OF
a crystal palace.
Another feature of the ventilation OF
the new theatre that is greatly ap-
preciated by patrons Of the house has
been the installation OF one of the
largest and most powerful exhaust
fans ever brought to Pensacola This
great fan has been built near the root
Of the theatre so that all of the impure
air is drawn from the entire length OF
the interior and expelled in the rear
of the building. Then, too, as the i'm
pure air Is drawn from the theatre
by means Of the big exhaust fan, by
clever arrangement of green glass
transoms in the front Of the house and
similar arrangement in the skylight
occupying central position in the
| house, there is a continuous influx Of
| pure fresh air at all times BY this
| arrangement it is not necessary to de-
pend upon the fans alone for air but
the fresh air is brought into the build
ing without in any way admitting AM
white light SO detrimental to the en-
Joyment of the motion picture.
At the Bijou theatre nothing but
licensed films are produced, so thai
/ the public at all times is assured Of
getting nothing but the best that tn.
| film manufacturers afford in the way
| of pictures. The program is changed
daily and the Bijou makes a practics
of never running a picture the second
time. In fact, practically all of the
| films that arrive at the Bijou come
almost directly from the manufacturer