Theatres

Our first musical comedy "Pung Chow of Po", Orpheum Theatre

AM730-S5-: CVA 470-22
Item
1924-10

Part of Kiwanis Club of Vancouver fonds

Our Playhouse

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-781
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows The Lonsdale Theatre

Outdoor Theatre : Pacific National Exhibition

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-15207
Item
1952

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Pacific Theatre : 15th anniversary extravaganza

AM1519-: PAM 1998-15
Item
1998

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Pantages Theatre [Majestic] on Hastings Street

AM1135-: cva 1135-1
Item
Oct. 1965

Part of William Eadington Graham fonds

Pantages Theatre [Majestic Theatre - 20 W. Hastings St.]

AM1506-S1-: CVA 447-350
Item
Dec. 13, 1964

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

Photograph shows the Army and Navy Shoe Dept.

Pantages Theatre [Majestic Theatre - 20 W. Hastings St.]

AM1506-S1-: CVA 447-349
Item
Dec. 13, 1964

Part of Walter E. Frost fonds

Photograph shows the southside of the unit block of Hastings Street including Army and Navy and Wosk's.

Pantages Theatre [now Majestic] Hastings Street

AM1135-: cva 1135-45
Item
27 Sept. 1965

Part of William Eadington Graham fonds

Park Theatre interiors : Odeon Theatres Ltd.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-13460
Item
1950

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Park Theatre interiors : Odeon Theatres Ltd.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-13458
Item
1950

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Park Theatre interiors : Odeon Theatres Ltd.

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-13459
Item
1950

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Part of the long night lineup outside the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle

AM1674-S9-F06-: 2014-089.0921
Item
Apr. 24, 1940

Part of Hugh Pickett fonds

Past, present, future? : being a report on the Majestic Theatre, 20 Hastings Street - near Carrall

AM1519-: PAM 1966-24
Item
1966

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

[People being dropped off at the entrance to the Orpheum for the opening of "Meet the Navy&q...

[People being dropped off at the entrance to the Orpheum for the opening of "Meet the Navy" movie]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-2301
Item
[1946]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Photograph shows man and two women walking past sea cadet guards towards the theatre entrance Plaza theatre in background.

Performance space survey

AM1519-: PAM 1974-182
Item
1974

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item is a survey of Lower Mainland theatres prepared for the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, including charts showing theatre size and availability.

[Photograph of arena stage construction]

AM1399-S3---: CVA 1399-523
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Townley, Matheson and Partners fonds

[Photograph of Capitol Theatre]

AM1399-S3---: CVA 1399-540
Item
[ca. 1926]

Part of Townley, Matheson and Partners fonds

Photograph shows front facade and buidings adjacent to the Capitol Theatre, 820 Granville St., Vancouver

[Photograph of Capitol Theatre : Seymour St. entrance]

AM1399-S3---: CVA 1399-542
Item
[ca. 1926]

Part of Townley, Matheson and Partners fonds

Photograph shows rear entrance to Capitol Theatre, located at 820 Granville St., Vancouver B.C.

[Photograph of drawing for a theatre : job no. 212]

AM1399-S3---: CVA 1399-517
Item
[1927]

Part of Townley, Matheson and Partners fonds

Photograph shows architectural perspective drawing of a theatre intended for the corner of Broadway and Granville St., Vancouver B.C.

[Photograph of the Famous Players Paramount Theatre, Chilliwack B.C.]

AM1399-S3-: CVA 1399-622
Item
[ca. 1949]

Part of Townley, Matheson and Partners fonds

Photograph shows front facade of Paramount Theatre

Phyllis Neilson-Terry Co. - Avenue Theatre

AM1535-: CVA 99-1177.1
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Phyllis Neilson-Terry Co. - Avenue Theatre

AM1535-: CVA 99-1177.2
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Phyllis Neilson-Terry Co. - Avenue Theatre

AM1535-: CVA 99-1179.1
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Phyllis Neilson-Terry Co. - Avenue Theatre

AM1535-: CVA 99-1176
Item
1918

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Item is a photograph of Phyllis Neilson-Terry and her company performing in the play "The Land of Promise".

Plan of Vancouver Opera House

AM1519-: PAM 1900-14
Item
1900

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Playboard : British Columbia's performance magazine

AM1519-: LEG1943.11
Item
Sept. 1982

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item includes an article about the new Granville Island location of Arts Club Theatre.

Plaza Theatre, Victoria B.C. [Copy of a photograph]

AM1535-: CVA 99-7183
Item
June 19, 1939

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Plymouth. New Palace Theatre.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1704
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

This postcard includes personal correspondence addressed to Mr. B. Harrison of Montreal.

[Poster advertising "Boy's Ranch" beside a candy machine in the lobby of the Strand Theatre]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-2578
Item
[between 1940 and 1948]

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

[Poster advertising "Vancouver, City of Destiny"]

AM1184-S1-: CVA 1184-2347
Item
1946

Part of Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds

Program of the civic re-opening of the Orpheum : Saturday, April 2, 1977

AM1519-: PAM 1977-66
Item
1977

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item includes a replica of the program of the inaugural performance at the New Orpheum Theatre, November 8, 1927.

Proposal for experimental theatre

AM1519-: PAM 1968-151
Item
1968

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item includes elevations and plans.

Protest

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a documentary film documenting a street demonstration in Vancouver in July 1981 protesting the screening of the sexually explicit feature film Caligula in a conventional movie house (not a pornographic establishment). The film includes footage of a crowd of several dozen adults and children carrying placards and picketing the Towne Cinema (919 Granville Street) where Caligula was being shown, a spokesperson for the organization United Citizens for Integrity explaining their reasons for protest, and a number of heated debates on the street between protestors and bystanders/theatre-goers. Film also includes some general views of Granville Street showing the Towne Cinema and nearby buildings.