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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The Ideal Brings Live Theater to N. Davis At Last
Deseret News, 8 October 1991, page B6
Article Summary:
The Ideal Theater opened as a movie theater in 1964.
In 1991, the first several rows of seats were removed so that a stage
could be built in front of the movie screen. On 17 October 1991,
Wasatch Playhouse presented the first live theater in Davis County,
"Reserve Two for Murder." The theater company hoped to present six
plays a year.
