Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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Money's Worth
Wall Street Journal, 18 December 2003, page D2
Article Summary:
The Villa Theatre was included in the "Money's Worth" column by Valerie Patterson, published in the Wall Street Journal on 18 December 2003. The article spotlighted three movie theaters for sale and included a photo of the neon on the Villa's marquee and entrance on its closing night. The other two theaters were the Texas Theater in Hillsboro, Texas and the Rustic Theatre in Idyllwild, California.
