Orpheum Theatre

The Oskaloosa Orpheum was part of a chain that does not appear to have been related to the national Orpheum vaudeville circuit. Here is part of an item from the January 26, 1918 issue of Moving Picture World: “M. R. Angel, of the Angel Brothers, who operated and owned the first chain of picture houses in the Middle West, was a caller at the Pathe exchange in Des Moines last week. Mr. Angel and his brother owned the famous Angel Bros.‘ Orpheum circuit and opened houses in Oskaloosa, Keokuk, Cedar Rapids, Savannah, Ill., and Galesburg, Ill.”