Orpheum Theatre

210 W. Seventh Street,
Okmulgee, OK 74447

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Orpheum Theatre  Okmulgee, OK  April 2009

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The Cook Opera House opened on August 23, 1920 with 1,200 seats.

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kpdennis
kpdennis on April 21, 2009 at 3:47 pm

The Orpheum, taken April 2009 – the very nice crew let me come in before they opened to take a look around. Magnificent place, a must-see if you’re in the area.
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lostmemory
lostmemory on May 2, 2009 at 6:06 pm

This is a 1985 close-up photo.

raybradley
raybradley on July 2, 2009 at 10:49 am

Symco; If you really want to see exactly what the frosted glass sidelight fixtures looked like inside the Orpheum auditorium, then go to this site and type in word “Dixie”. Auditorium views for the Holdenville Dixie Theatre show the exact same sidewall fixtures. These fixtures were more fancy than those found inside the Art Theatre, Champaign, IL.
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raybradley
raybradley on July 20, 2009 at 10:43 am

Several sources have told me about an Orpheum doorman, named Jeff Chapman, who was the crush of all local junior high girls during the late 1960’s.
After college Jeff was house manager of the Sooner Theater in Norman, OK, where his charm earned him the same admiration as he had enjoyed in Okmulgee.

seymourcox
seymourcox on November 18, 2009 at 9:04 pm

As mentioned above, originally the Orpheum Theatre had an Austin pipe organ. Hear a couple of those instruments on this site –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV5NwBNtamY
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXdOhGK1xxk

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 30, 2010 at 12:12 am

2007 photos of the Orpheum Theatre courtesy Randy Carlisle.
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The lobby of the Orpheum Theatre.
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seymourcox
seymourcox on July 18, 2010 at 12:58 pm

Sharp vintage interior/exteriors images of the Orpheum Theatre can be found on this nice web site,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/581

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on November 14, 2010 at 2:31 am

Photos from August 2008, Click to enlarge.
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Kewpie
Kewpie on February 11, 2012 at 1:55 pm

This is an interesting view of the Orpheum when it was still known as the Cook Opera House, dated 1-11-1923. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=390387234418

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