Orpheum Theatre
884 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K3
884 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K3
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The Orpheum Theatre was built in 1927 by the Orpheum vaudeville circuit and used mainly for movies until the early 1970’s.
The city of Vancouver purchased and restored the building in 1974 rather than see it divided into smaller theaters. It reopened in 1977 as the home of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and as the host of pop and classical concerts. Recently, the Orpheum Theatre has begun screenings of silent film classics, accompanied by the theater’s organ.
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Terry Gilliams currently unreleased film Dr. Parnassus was also filmed at the Orpheum, they were there for a couple of days.
Westcoast Hall was a hotel that was on the corner ( The name escapes me ) which was bought out when the Orpheum was purchased by the city.
The Leslie Neilsen spoof “ Wrongfully Accused ” was also filmed at the Orpheum, featuring a nice sweeping shot of the interior.
Here is a nice 2009 photo.
The grand lobby of the Vancouver ORPHEUM is featured prominently and repeatedly in ‘Caprica’ (2009), the pilot film for the forthcoming television series of the same name which is the prequel to the famed ‘Battlestar Galactica’ saga. In the ‘Caprica’ DVD’s bonus-scene link, additional production scenes at the ORPHEUM are available including a brief glimpse of the auditorium.
2007 photo of awesome looking grand lobby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pomax/514661349/
2009 photo of lobby
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2010 photo of auditorium
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Nice photos.
Here are some more auditorium, also from Susan Griffin’s Flickr Photostream:
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…and the lobby
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…And a great panorama of the auditorium at the official website top page:
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Interesting trying to find the theatre on the Google aerial photos. Their website says they’re located at the intersection of Smythe & Seymour, but the address Cinematreasures has is 884 Granville, two blocks over!
Well, the original entrance is at 884 Granville, and that takes one through a VERY long lobby, all the way to the other side of the block and over a service street, into the main building on the next block. Patrons then enter the main lobby and turn left into the auditorium. If they turn right, they go out to Smythe Street through a new entrance added onto the side of the lobby.
Alan Young (from tv’s Mr Ed and much much more) got his start at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver.
Some great photos from the Orpheum and a great interview with Alan Young can be found via this link
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