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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Herald Journal, 13 November 1999
Article Summary:
Cache County, with a population of 85,000, has eight movie theaters. “. . . some problems arise when small children are allowed in movie theaters. Many patrons complain that crying children or babies disturb the movie for the entire theater. Most theaters have policies against allowing babies in, but the rules are rarely enforced. The Herald Journal asked five movie patrons outside Cinefour Theater in North Logan how they felt about babies in movie theaters.”
