San Francisco Orpheum Ends Era After 42 Years
The San Francisco Orpheum Theater on O’Farrell street closes after 42 years of vaudeville and musical variety. Founder Gustav Walter built a chain that expanded across America, merging with Keith-Albee and RCA to form RKO. The article recalls early acts and the theatre’s cultural impact.
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San Francisco
Orpheum Theatre
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Orpheum
O'Farrell Street
Gustav Walter
California
Germany
Gus
Kearny Street
Vienna Gardens
Child’s Opera House
Los Angeles
America
Europe
Morris Meyerfeld
Martin Beck
Keith-Albee
East
Radio Corporation of America
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
Hiram 5. Brown
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Early San Francisco grand opera offered at popular prices
Annandale the contralto and L'Allemand soprano headlined a historic San Francisco debut offering grand opera at 25 to 75 cents. The piece lists a parade of era stars and impersonators including Mile, Ann, Lillie Laurel, the Richards, the Cohan Family, the Rays, Achille Alberti, Mme Orlandi, Barnes and Sisson, Tillie Morrissey, Wilona Sisters, Josephine Sabel, and many more from a bygone era.
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San Francisco
Mile
Ann
Lillie Laurel
the Richards
Cohan
Harris and
Walters
Rays
Achille Alberti
Mme. Orlandi
Barnes and
Sisson
Midgleys
Alexander Taciano
Will H. Fox
Tillie Morrisey
Wilona
Josephine Sabel
Elmund Martin
Edwin Latell
A. H. Knoll
Marie McNeil
Evans
Young
Werner
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School Trustees To Discuss Building Plans In Amarillo ISD
Amarillo Independent School District trustees meet to discuss a public school building program. Plans include erecting two new schools and adding to two more. school tax rates for 1920-80 to be set. They meet in their district capacity and won’t discuss the junior college.
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Amarillo Independent School
Independent School District
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