Roosevelt Twin Theatre
Roosevelt, Utah
George H. Harrison and R. Howard Harrison opened the $40,000 Roosevelt Theatre on Valentine's Day, 14 February 1942, with Shirley Temple in Kathleen. The “modern up-to-the minute motion picture theatre” was described as “new, beautiful, and elaborately equipped.” The interior color scheme was peach, green, and beige, with red velour curtains and drapes. The 500 seats in the auditorium were “arranged on a slight arc so that every seat directly faces the screen.” The stage was large and had floodlights, so the theater could “accommodate many types of entertainment” and serve as “a community playhouse as well as a motion picture theatre.”
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Deseret News, 14 September 1979, page B1
Salt Lake's new Symphony Hall immediately became a cultural center for the city when it was opened to the public for tours. People inside the building and on the grounds attested to the potential for the hall's use. The gala opening concert of the Utah Symphony in its new home will be telecast in the Wasatch Front area from Provo to Ogden on KSTU-TV, channel 20. The 8 p.m. Friday performance also will be simulcast by Radio KUER-FM. Stanislaw Skrowaczeski will direct the symphony in its first-ever concert in the hall, which has already won praise for accoustics and aesthetics.