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| Title | Orpheum Theatre entrance, Seattle, ca. 1928 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1928 |
| Caption | Seattle's new Orpheum Theatre opened in 1927. It was one of the largest and most elegant members of the Orpheum Circuit, a nationwide chain of "photo play" and vaudeville theaters. The August 1927 program included music on the Wurlitzer organ, a feature movie (Rod LaRocque in "The Fighting Eagle"), a newsreel, and a song and dance revue ("Ned Wayburn's Buds of 1927"). |
| Notes | Signs in image: Orpheum - Vaudeville - Photoplays. Continuous Now - Mats 25-35 Cents, Eve & Sun 50 Cents - Olsen and Johnson's Carnival of Fun - Rod La Rocque in "Stand and Deliver." Schedule: Doors Open 12:45 P.M., Photoplay 1:00 P.M., Vaudeville 3:00 P.M., Photoplay 4:30 P.M., Vaudeville 6:30 P.M., Photoplay 8:00 P.M., Vaudeville 9:00 P.M., Photoplay 10:30 P.M. Just Back from Their Amsterdam Triumph - The Clown Princes of Nonsense - Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson - In a Happy Hodge-Podge of Hilarious Humor - Simply Filled with Simple Foolishness. Today Till 6:00 P.M. - Lower Floor Any Seat 35 Cents, Balcony Any Seat 25 Cents. Now! All Performances Continuous Daily from 1:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M. - By Running Continuous - Giving Three Shows a Day Instead of Two - We Are Able to Reduce Our Prices Without Changing the Quality or Quantity of Our Entertainment. We Will Continue to Give the Same High-Calibre Vaudeville Acts and the Best Feature Photoplays at Record Low Prices! No Seats Reserved. Election Returns Tonight! Read What They Say About Lucille LaVerne! Seattle's Greatest Show Value - Seattle's Finest Show House. Now! To Introduce the New Policy - Carnival of Fun Week - Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson, "Clown Princes of Nonsense."
Handwritten on sleeve: Orpheum Theatre Front Ext.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Marquees--Washington (State)--Seattle; Advertisements--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3965.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 128942 |
