Lyric Theatre

765 Granville Street,
Vancouver, BC V6Z

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DavidZornig on December 19, 2019 at 4:59 pm

1958 photo as International Cinema added, courtesy below link.

https://vancouverthenandnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/granville-street-neon.html

rivest266 on November 24, 2018 at 10:17 am

Closed December 10th, 1960 as Cinema. It reopened as Lyric again on November 6th, 1964 and closed on March 23rd, 1969. Reopened again as Eve on September 7th, 1972 and closed in 1978. More to come. Grand opening ads posted.

rivest266 on November 19, 2018 at 3:37 pm

Reopened on Christmas Day, 1947 as Cinema International. Grand opening ad posted. Listed as Cinema from 1949. More to come…

rivest266 on November 18, 2018 at 12:10 pm

and reopening as Lyric on July 26th, 1935 Lyric theatre opening Fri, Jul 26, 1935 – 20 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

rivest266 on November 18, 2018 at 9:35 am

1917 opening ad as Orpheum Orpheum theatre opening Mon, Mar 17, 1913 – Page 5 · Vancouver Daily World (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com

DavidDymond on October 26, 2013 at 10:12 am

This theatre was under the direction of Famous Players Canadian Corporation.

Splashcat66 on October 26, 2013 at 8:26 am

Some dates

Orpheum opened March 17 1913 … … … Lyric opened July 26 1935 … … International Cinema closed December 10 1960 Lyric opened November 6 1964 Lyric closed March 23 1969

The offices first appear in the 1915 Vancouver City directory.

CSWalczak on July 2, 2012 at 6:49 am

Here is a picture from 1961 according to the caption from the City of Vancouver archives. If you click upon it to enlarge it, a two-man play featuring Hal Holbrook and George Voskovec called “Do You Know the Milky Way?” is the current attraction.