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Vogue Theatre
918 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1L2
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Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon
Architects: Harold Solomon Kaplan, Abraham Sprachman
Firms: Kaplan & Sprachman
Functions: Concerts, Live Performances, Performing Arts
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
604.569.1144
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- Jun 18, 2010 — "Jaws"... Happy 35th!
- May 14, 2010 — Please Post Today, May 14 --- "Jaws," Happy 35th
Opened on April 13, 1941 with George Formby in “I See Ice”. This first-run movie house had 1,347-seats and was designed in an Art Moderne style. The Vogue Theatre was taken over by Odeon Theatres during construction. Seating was provided in orchestra and balcony levels. On the splay-walls beside the proscenium were large painted murals. Troughs across the ceiling provided concealed lighting for the auditorium.
It now serves as a popular venue for performing arts, including concerts and Broadway shows, and is known for its superb acoustics and intimate atmosphere.
A 1998 restoration project has brought back the Vogue Theatre’s original appearance, as well as state-of-the-art light and sound systems being installed.
The Vogue Theatre is also home to the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and also the Vancouver International Film Festival. By 2017 the projectors had been removed from the booth and that room had been converted into office space.
The theatre is a Heritage Building of the City of Vancouver.
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Recent comments (view all 16 comments)
SeanJung,
Star Wars ( Episode IV ) never had a 70MM engagement during it’s first run in 1977 in Vancouver. I’m 99.5% sure of this.
It did how ever come back re-releases and a charity screening of all three of them in 70MM. The details of the later I’m not too sure of but it could have been at the Stanley in 1985.
Jedi opened in 70MM at the Vogue.
Here is a postcard circa 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/dlrhtr
Here is a night shot:
http://tinyurl.com/m5zc9d
Pretty Interior views are found here: View link
The Vogue was back running film again at VIFF 2011. I’m told they now have Dolby Digital. Still the same Victoria 10 projectors from way back when, running 6000 reels.
CP200 as of 2010 did handle the audio.
Summer of ‘77, time to dress warmly and see if this “Star Wars” is really “The Year’s Best Movie”…
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/6676991.bin
Just added a 7/30/48 photo credit E.Plant.
Film Projectors and associated equipment apparently have removed from what was known as the booth. The projection booth has now become an office.
Link with a high resolution version of the April 1975 photo of the Orpheum & Vogue.
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/3/1375699/af30cd6b-4c1a-4f15-914a-a5bbd09d4feb-A71430.jpg?token=31e0c7946c4a0067c6d7831b0b8e1776ad565bf8f2ccf0dd5aaa6a8db78946c4
Grand opening ad from the 12th:
Vogue theatre opening Sat, Apr 12, 1941 – 10 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com