Silent Era : Theaters

Orpheum Theatre
Address	842 South Broadway
Opening Night Seating Capacity	2000
Original Theatre Owner	unknown
Original Theatre Architect	G.A. Landsburgh
Years of Operation	Opened 15 February 1926
Type of Musical Accompaniment	Orchestra and Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ
Current Status	Operating
The Orpheum Theatre was originally built to be a vaudeville house that also presented motion pictures. The Orpheum was a first-run house. Recently, silent era films have been presented with both orchestra and Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ (Style 240, Opus 1821) musical accompaniment. References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 485 : Los Angeles Orpheum website : with additional information provided by John Koerber and Yoshio Nakamura.

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