Orpheum Theater Center
220 East Main Street,
Marshalltown,
IA
50158
220 East Main Street,
Marshalltown,
IA
50158
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This has closed or stopped showing movies as no showtimes can be found for this cinema.
Updated website link: https://mcc.iavalley.edu/about-mcc/campusfacilities/orpheum-theater/
This page from Showmen’s Trade Review of August 20, 1949, features five photos of the RKO Orpheum Theatre in Marshalltown.
This article mentions the renovations that have been made to the Orpheum: View link
The theater is now known as the Orpheum Theater Center and is administered by the Iowa Valley Community College District; the official webpage is here: http://www.iavalley.edu/orpheum/index.html Movies are occasionally shown. There is a picture of the theater on the page above and another on the site’s history page.
This is great. looks like another one not getting the wrecking ball.
Here is article posted today about renovation efforts:
http://tinyurl.com/aqyd2o
This was an atmospheric?
The Marshalltown RKO Orpheum Theatre has been deeded to Iowa Valley Community College District for their downtown center for education of performing arts, radio & tv broadcasting and will still feature a movie theatre in at least part of the theatre building. The Orpheum Centre Board is working in conjunction with IVCCD.
The Marshalltown Capitol Theatre (paragraph 1 above) once contained a Robert Morton pipe organ that went to a radio station. Eventually, the organ was purchased by the late Hollywood musican Edwin Lemar “Buddy” Cole as his first residence/studio recording organ. Years later this organ was added to the Wurlitzer from the Los Angeles United Artists Theatre as an even large recording studio instrument.
Fantastic!
You folks will be very successful.
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What great plans! I hope you are successful! GOod luck in the restoration. If you need a website let me know!
I remember growing up spending a lot of summer days at the theater watching movies.I and a lot of my friends have a lot of good memories of the Orpheum I want my SON to have those same memories.I LOVE the Orpheum just the way it is… IT’S LIKE HOME TO ME…
SINCERELY ANGELA HELM SWOPE