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Geller’s Theatre
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Photograph: courtesy PDX History website.
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Address
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3017 SE Milwaukie Avenue (modern address)
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Opening Night Seating Capacity
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unknown
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Original Theatre Owner
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unknown
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Original Theatre Architect
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Edward A. Miller
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Years of Operation
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Opened 25 December 1927
Operating 1927-1991?
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Type of Musical Accompaniment
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unknown
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Current Status
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Operating as a music concert venue
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Geller’s Theatre was opened as a small vaudeville venue in 1927. It is unknown whether motion pictures were exhibited amid the live performances during the silent era.
Portland’s street numbering changed in 1933.
Geller’s was converted to a full-time motion picture venue and renamed the Aladdin Theatre in 1934.
In the 1970s, the Aladdin Theatre became an adult film venue, and was famous for the longest continuous run (into the 1980s) of Deep Throat (1972). In 1991, the theatre was remodelled and became a venue for live music concerts.
References: Cinema Treasures website; Oregon Historical Society website.
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