Portland Theaters


	The Baker Theatre opened in 1901


	Cordray’s Opera House, which opened in 1889, was one of Portland’s first theaters

Early view of the Pantages Family Theatre


	In the days before movies, theatres were home to live performances, live music, live play acting and live opera. Then came vaudeville. In the 1920’s, silent movies burst upon the scene. Films became a new phenomenon. All of that changed in 1928, when Al Jolson’s “The Jazz Singer” with words and music made its debut.


	A larger Pantages Theatre on Broadway when Vaudeville was King


	Nighttime view of the Pantages Theatre

Nighttime view of the Orpheum Theatre


	Nighttime view of the Heilig Theatre


	Early advertising card for the Heilig Theatre in 1907

View of the Belasco Theatre in about 1907


	The ornate Empress Grand Theatre at Washington and Park streets on January 30, 1913

Early view of Graeper’s Egyptian Theatre at Union Avenue and Russell Street

Early view of the Columbia Theatre at 6th & Stark streets

Gellers’s Theatre at 3017 SE Milwaukie Street which later became the Alladin Theatre

Early view of the Hollywood Theatre at 41st & Sandy Boulevard


	Bagdad Theatre at 37th & Hawthorne Streets

Alameda Theatre on May 9, 1926


	Alder Theatre advertises “all talking” movies


	View of the Broadway Theatre in 1937

Bob White Theatre at 65th and Foster Road

Interior of the Bob White Theatre


	The Rex Theatre was at Third and Morrison streets and the Capitol Theatre can be seen behind it


	Griffin’s Broadway Theatre can be seen on the right and across the street was the Paramount

		View of the Portland Theatre just before it opened in 1928. After about a year, the theater was sold and it was renamed the Paramount. In the 1980’s, the Paramount was restored and renamed The Portland.


	Two interior views of The Portland (Paramount)


	The Music Box Theatre was located at Broadway and Stark Street. You can see signs for The Orpheum, The Rialto Theatre and the Paramount.

The Oregon Theater at 35th & Division streets

One of Portland’s most ornate theaters, Walter Tebbetts’ Oriental Theatre at Grand and Morrison streets

Lobby of The Oriental Theatre

Replicas of Elephants lined the walls inside The Oriental

Interior of the opulent Oriental Theatre

Stage and organ at The Oriental

View of the Liberty Theatre at Broadway and Stark Street in 1946

The Blue Mouse Theatre in 1955 was known as the Globe Theatre in earlier years


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