Grand Theatre
414 Third Street,
International Falls,
MN
56649
414 Third Street,
International Falls,
MN
56649
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The Orpheum was listed as open in 1920 but not listed at all after 1927. Seating was listed at 144.
We have the wrong address for the Grand Theatre. An article in the April 28, 2009 issue of The Journal, the local newspaper, says that the former Grand Theatre is now Union Hall. Bob Walls Memorial Union Hall is at 509 Third Street, and the building is quite large enough to have accommodated 780 seats.
That means that the faded sign reading Orpheum Theatre on the side of the building at 414 Third Street is not an aka for the Grand, but a different theater altogether, not yet listed at Cinema Treasures. I haven’t found when the Orpheum opened or closed, but Silent Era says that it was operating in 1925, and had 144 seats (much more convincing than 780 for a building of this size.)
The Motion Picture Yearbook lists the seating from 1926 thru 1970 with 780 seats.
This 1953 photo of Third Street shows the Border Theatre on the right and the Grand Theatre building a bit farther down the block on the opposite side of the street. The side wall of the Grand features a faded sign reading Orpheum Theatre.
In the satellite view this is a very small building. I don’t see how it ever held 780 seats.