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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Cedar City Theatre Bought by S. L. Company
Salt Lake Telegram, 27 January 1928, page 10
The [I...] N. Strike Amusement company of Salt Lake purchased the Thorley theatre. Negotiations were completed whereby Mr. Strike, who operates a chain of theatres in Utah, took over the southern playhouse.
The theatre will be known as “Thorley's Gem.” Plans are already under way for the expenditure of close to $25,000 for renovations, which include the putting in of a large pipe organ, a new stage, enlarging the seating capacity and putting in wicker furniture and loges. The highest class photoplays will be shown.
