Egyptian Theatre (Coos Bay, Oregon)
- Egyptian Theatre (Coos Bay, Oregon)
The Egyptian Theatre is a historic movie theatre in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. Built in 1925, with a seating capacity of 1,450, the theatre is an example of the Egyptian Theatre style of Egyptian Revival architecture that was popular in the early 20th century in the U.S.
The Egyptian was built by Charles Noble, a descendent of one of the area's first settlers. Noble spent $200,000 to convert his a service station and garage into the theater.[ [http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/01/29/f1.bz.egyptian.0129.p1.php?section=business "Ancient Egyptian: Coos Bay residents hope to save historic movie palace"] January 29 2006 article from "The Register-Guard"] ]The building was designed by Lee Arden Thomas, and includes piers decorated with papyrus blossoms, wrought-iron ceiling lights in the form of hooded cobras, and stairways with 8-foot-tall pharaohs.The theatre houses the only theatre organ still in place in its original theatre in Oregon.[ [http://www.pstos.org/instruments/or/coos-bay/egyptian.htm Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society] ] The 4/18 Mighty Wurlitzer is currently in need of repair.][ The theatre also has all of its original vaudeville backdrops and working stage.]The theatre originally had one screen but the balcony was converted to house two screens in 1976, for a total of three screens.
The theatre was closed in December 2005, and was sold to Coos Bay's urban renewal agency on January 30 2006. It was reopened by a non-profit agency and is again showing classic movies and hosting live theatre productions.
ee also
*Grauman's Egyptian Theatre
*Peery's Egyptian Theatre,
*Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre
*The Egyptian Theatre (Boise, Idaho)
*Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
References
External links
* [http://www.egyptian-theatre.com Egyptian Theatre] (official website)
* [http://cinematreasures.org/theater/1545/ The Egyptian Theatre] at cinematreasures.com
* [http://www.exithere.net/theaters/c06_egyptian.html Color photo of the Egyptian] from exithere.net
* [http://www.varley.net/Pages/images/Movies/15.%20Egyptian%20Theatre,%202.jpgColor photo of The Egyptian] by John Varley's wife Lee (several interior shots on their website as well)
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