Orpheum Theatre
210 W. Seventh Street,
Okmulgee,
OK
74447
210 W. Seventh Street,
Okmulgee,
OK
74447
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The Cook Opera House opened on August 23, 1920 with 1,200 seats. In 1974, the former balcony was converted into a second auditorium.
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This is a 1985 close-up photo.
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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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.
Here is a 2009 photo.
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
2007 photos of the Orpheum Theatre courtesy Randy Carlisle.
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The lobby of the Orpheum Theatre.
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Sharp vintage interior/exteriors images of the Orpheum Theatre can be found on this nice web site,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/581
Photos from August 2008, Click to enlarge.
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Kewpie, it would sure be nice to see some of these ads.
photos including ornate lobby here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sethgaines/page4/