The Boulevard Theater is a former movie theater located at 7770 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida. It is owned by theater and nightclub proprietor and former Broadway theater producer

Leroy Griffith Leroy Charles Griffith (born March 26, 1932) is an American theater and nightclub proprietor, former Broadway theater producer, and film producer. He has owned, leased, or operated more than 70 adult entertainment theaters across the United St ...

. The theater has variously served as a night club and adult movie theater. It is currently an adult entertainment club, Gold Rush Cabaret.

History

The Boulevard's doors first opened on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 21, 1940. Hailed as "the finest neighborhood theater in the South," the Boulevard featured modern amenities unique to the period, including a massive air conditioning system, acoustical walls, and neon lighting. The theater, part of the Paramount Theatres chain, debuted with a matinee showing of '' Rhythm on the River'', starring

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and Mary Martin. Purchased by Griffith for $165,000 in 1970 and renamed the ''Pussycat'', he created three different theaters within: the ''Pussycat'', the center theater, was a 900-seat theater that showed adult films including '' Deep Throat''; the ''Kitty Cat'' featured female performers; and the ''Tomcat'' featured male performers. Over the decades, the theater has also been known variously as ''Black Gold'', ''Club Madonna II'', ''Pussycat II'', ''Shadows'', and ''Wonderland''. Community activists have tried, and failed, to shut down the theater during its time as an adult club.

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Gold Rush Cabaret
1940 establishments in Florida Adult movie theaters Theatres in Miami Nightclubs in Miami