Talk:Oriental Theatre (Portland, Oregon)

Possible sources
These were listed as "secondary sources" to the HABS paper. (primary sources were blueprints, interviews, etc.)


 * "The Movies", Richard Griffith & Arthur Mayer, 1957, Simon & Schuster, pages 240-241.
 * "The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace", Ben M Hall, 1961, pages 244-250.
 * "Seattle and Environs", Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1924, Vol I, page 570; Vol IV, pages 615-616.
 * "The Oriental Wurlitzer, a Unique Installation!! [sic]", Theatre Organ, Vol VI, No. 2 (Summer 1964), page 4.
 * "The Oriental Theatre - Portland", Pacific Coast Architect, Vol 33 No 4 (Apr 1928), pages 30-34
 * The Oregonian articles:
 * "Tallest Building on East Side is Ready for Finishing", Oct 16 1927
 * "John Hamrick's Venture in Film Attractions Welcomed...", May 7 1932, Sec 1, pg 18
 * Oriental Theatre Boss Waging War on Downtown Movie Houses", March 25 1961, pg 17
 * "City to Rent Movie House!", Feb 5 1965, sec 1, pg 1
 * "Helped by City Lease, Oriental Theatre 'Fabulous' Again", Oct 3 1965, Forum, pg 6
 * "Oriental to Reopen as Movie House After Two Yeras in Auditorium Role", April 28 1968, sec 2, pg 6
 * "Roberts Brothers Buys East Side 'Skyscraper'", Nov 5 1969, Business section
 * Oregon Journal articles: (only listing "final" articles, there were many around construction time, I'm tired of being a human OCR machine)
 * "Auction Sale Called 'Final Act' for Ornate Oriental Theatre", ca Feb 15 1970
 * "Oriental Theatre Furniture, Fixtures Offered Via Hammer of Auctioneers", Feb 16 1970
 * "Showplace to Disappear", Feb 17 1970

Bonus points if anyone can find the Theatre Organ magazine and the Pacific Coast Architect article. I suspect those could be very interesting. tedder (talk) 07:26, 22 December 2009 (UTC)