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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Sundance: Trolley Corners to Oscar Night
Salt Lake Tribune, 12 January 2003
Article Summary:
The Sundance Film Festival was first held on 6 - 11 September 1978 at the Trolley Corners Theatre in Salt Lake City. It was originally called the "Utah/U.S. Film Festival" and was heavy on classic films, but eight films competed in a "regional cinema" program.
