Orpheum Theatre (Before Restoration): Champaign, IL (2001)
In the 1920's, RKO began operating the Orpheum Theatre, with films now the primary form of entertaiment at the theater. To lure audiences to the Orpheum Theatre as attendance began sinking in the 1950's, RKO started to screen films in such new formats as Sensurround, Cinemascope, and 3D. The theater's facade received a garish aluminum covering and its interior was updated in a 1967 remodeling.
NRHP #91000085
Also known as RKO Orpheum Theatre;Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum Theatre (Before Restoration): Champaign, IL (2001)
In the 1920's, RKO began operating the Orpheum Theatre, with films now the primary form of entertaiment at the theater. To lure audiences to the Orpheum Theatre as attendance began sinking in the 1950's, RKO started to screen films in such new formats as Sensurround, Cinemascope, and 3D. The theater's facade received a garish aluminum covering and its interior was updated in a 1967 remodeling.
NRHP #91000085
Also known as RKO Orpheum Theatre;Orpheum Theatre