Building Name
Bijou Electric Theatre/ Luxor Cinema 84 Erskine Street Hulme
Date
1936 - 1937
Street
Erskine Street
District/Town
Hulme, Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Architect
Client
Morecambe Amusements Co. Ltd.
Work
Reconstruction
The Bijou, one of Manchester’s first cinemas, is to be completely rebuilt.[Kinematograph Weekly 17 December 1936 Page 38]
The Bijou Electric Theatre 84 Erskine St Hulme opened in April 1910 and closed - still silent - in January 1932, when it was used as a boxing stadium. Rebuilt as Luxor Cinema Opened 1937, 920 seats. Proscenium width 17 feet. Closed 1959.
Reference Kinematograph Weekly 17 December 1936 Page 38 (New Cinemas)
Reference Builder 25 December 1936 Page 1264 - new cinemas
Reference Builder 2 April 1937 Page 747 - new cinemas