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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'Camark' Theater Opens Tomorrow
Salt Lake Telegram, 18 April 1947, page 9
Saturday will mark the openIng openIng of a new motion picture theatre at 2759 S. State st. To be named 'Camark,' the modem modern theatre will open under the management of Gene W. Bowlles.
Owners, C. E. Overman and A. Overman, announce that one of the features of the building will be a 'crier' room where parents can see the show with their children who, If they are disinterested in the movie, will not disturb others.
