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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Handsome Photoplayer at Local Playhouse
Box Elder News, 20 November 1913, page 4
Miss Alice Joyce, who is noted for her personal beauty and charm, has a leading part in a Kalem 2-reel offering entitled, "A Midnight Message." This picture will be shown in connection with the engagement of the Kenworthy Co.'s offering, "Lena Rivers," in tabloid of condensed version, the whole show at 25c down stairs and 15c upstairs. Opera House Friday this week, change of program Saturday.
