[or-roots] Portland Theater

[E V Barnes]

I was with my aunt and her then boy friend in the late 1930's when we stopped
off at a fair grounds and Eddie Peabody was the featured attraction.  In SF
We saw the orignial Muntiny on Bounty, and the itermission was a banjo
player.  I recall him since he broke couple of strings before really getting
into his act.  The scene in Mutiny I recall was the whipping scene of the
scow with the seaman tied so every man could see him.  My aunt's boy
friend, at her request, tried to teach me to drive his Model A.  Later in
about 1945, I finally got my hands on one.  We drove it from Oakland
to Canada and back.   Up in WA a Model T. passed us.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dorothy Wogh 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Portland Theater


  Before the 40's they use to have vaudeville shows in some of the big theatres in downtown.  I remember Horace Height (?) as one before he became famous.  Eddie Peabody also played there.  

  Dorothy Wogh
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Lorraine Works 
    To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
    Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:11 PM
    Subject: Re: [or-roots] Portland Theater


    On Broadway there was also the Orpheum, (spelling is wrong I think) the Fox and the Music Box.

    Lorraine
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: bfain at thegrid.net 
      To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
      Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 7:06 PM
      Subject: [or-roots] Portland Theater


            My older sister Lois grew up in Portland in the late 40 and early 50's.  She married in 1954, moved away but moved back in the late 60's.  She seems to remember the "Roxy" theatre turned into a burlesque theater sometime in the early 50's.  The only theaters she remember were the Premier theater and they were the "Broadway"  and the "Paramount" in downtown Portland.  Her girlfriend and she went and saw "River of No Return" with Marilyn Monroe.  She also remembers the  Coney Island" cafe with Johnny Ray singing on the Jude box.

            Babe

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