Fox Orpheum Theatre
615 Good Hope Street,
Cape Girardeau,
MO
63703
615 Good Hope Street,
Cape Girardeau,
MO
63703
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Opened as the Fox Orpheum Theatre as part of Fox Midwest Theatres. Another theatre that used to pack the people into the streets of downtown Cape. Ornate theatre with a good size balcony. Large lobby with a grand staircase to each side. The front had a large marquee with an upright ‘Orpheum’ sign.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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The Fox Orpheum was a single screen theatre.
Here is an article with some local history:
http://tinyurl.com/k6uxg
This was also the only theatre in town where the “colored” people could go, they had a “special enterance” in the alleyway.
From the Google maps it looks as if this theatre has been demolished. Nothing but a big empty lot.
The Orpheum was built and opened in the Summer of 1915 by Toney Haas and was opened by Herman Bock who was known for hisa operations of theatres in Cape. The Orpheum and the Park were both modern theatres at that time and went undisturbed for some time until the new Broadway theatre was built and opened in December of 1921.