Before The Show Began - Theaters Of Oregon

March. 18,2013

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Travel Oregon, Usa History

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Historic theaters capture the imagination with interesting architecture, lighting, and decorative lobbies. Award-winning videographer/ historian Darrell Jabin toured dozens of theaters, researched opera houses, vaudeville, movie palaces, and neighborhood theaters, and interviewed historians, theater owners and executive directors of community theaters to create a short film covering a unique part of Oregon history.

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