Orpheum Theatre
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The Orpheum Theatre was a venue erected on the corner of Jeppe Street and Joubert Street in Johannesburg and opened in December 1911. . In 1919 it was converted into a double-storey.
The tehatre poossibly opened with the South African film The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery, (R.C.E. Nissen), which was first shown there on 11 December 1911 in the evening, having been shown at the Tivoli Theatre in the afternoon.
The first film with synchronised sound, Don Juan, was shown there. Apparently it was initially converted to a department store named Anstley's, before being demolished in the 1935 and the Anstley’s Building erected in its place.
Sources
Marc Latilla, Theatres in early Johannesburg in Johannesburg 1912 – Suburb by suburb research[1]
