These days, the Orpheum Theatre is one of the shining lights of Broadway theaters due to its superb restoration. But back in the day, after it opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, it hosted everything from burlesque to jazz and, as we can see from this 1931 photo, movie premieres. On February 6th, RKO held the LA premiere of their version of the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron with a “Huge Stage Show – Mighty Male Chorus – Augmented Orchestra.” (LA history fun fact: The Orpheum replaced the Mission Theatre, which is where Valentino shot to Hollywood stardom after the LA premiere of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.)
These days, the Orpheum Theatre is one of the shining lights of Broadway theaters due to its superb restoration. But back in the day, after it opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, it hosted everything from burlesque to jazz and, as we can see from this 1931 photo, movie premieres. On February 6th, RKO held the LA premiere of their version of the Edna Ferber novel Cimarron with a “Huge Stage Show – Mighty Male Chorus – Augmented Orchestra.” (LA history fun fact: The Orpheum replaced the Mission Theatre, which is where Valentino shot to Hollywood stardom after the LA premiere of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.)
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