2010-08-Daisy Theatre (c. 1913), view 09, 329 Beale St, Memphis, TN, USA
Nickelodeon-style theater built by Italian immigrant Sam Zerilla, clarinetist in John Philip Sousa's band, also built Pastime Theater (1909), first African-American movie house in Memphis • stage and screen on sidewalk end • entering theater, audience is looking at you
major venue on African American chitlin' circuit, 30s-60s • artists included George Benson, Ike and Tina Turner, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, The Jackson Five, Lena Horne, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, many others
later became blues museum, now hosts special events • Cinema Treasures • Beale St Historic District, National Register #66000731, 1966 • designated National Historic Landmark District, 1966
2010-08-Daisy Theatre (c. 1913), view 09, 329 Beale St, Memphis, TN, USA
Nickelodeon-style theater built by Italian immigrant Sam Zerilla, clarinetist in John Philip Sousa's band, also built Pastime Theater (1909), first African-American movie house in Memphis • stage and screen on sidewalk end • entering theater, audience is looking at you
major venue on African American chitlin' circuit, 30s-60s • artists included George Benson, Ike and Tina Turner, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, The Jackson Five, Lena Horne, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, many others
later became blues museum, now hosts special events • Cinema Treasures • Beale St Historic District, National Register #66000731, 1966 • designated National Historic Landmark District, 1966