Orpheum Theatre
Kimberley,
BC
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The Orpheum is advertised as a tourist attraction in Kimberley, but it doesn’t appear to be showing films at present. A photo of the theater can be seen below.
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Ken McIntyre
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This building is used as some type of museum. “Housed in the Orpheum Theatre is the Sullivan Mine Interpretive Centre”. This site mentions that there was an Orpheum Theater that opened in 1940 and was demolished and replaced by a bank. Click on the photo of the Orpheum Theater for that information. This must be the second Orpheum Theater in Kimberley.
The information tell us that the theater we see in the picture is a re-creation of the original Orpheum. Subsequently the status should be closed/demolished. I wouldn’t list the function as museum since the original theater was never used for that purpose. Thanks for clearing that up.
I found a 1950s photo of an Orpheum Theater in Kimberley. It looks alot larger with a marquee and vertical sign. Maybe the current building is a miniature version of the original Orpheum Theater.
This can be fixed. Remove the “Related Websites” link because the photo doesn’t show the real Orpheum Theater. Substitute the description with something like this:
The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1940. The first movie shown was “The Fighting 69th”. The theatre building was demolished and replaced by a bank.
Use this for an address:
Spokane Street
Kimberley, BC V1A, Canada
This site has two small photos of the Orpheum Theater. The first photo is from 1956. The second is a grand opening photo from 1940.
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