{"id":189,"date":"2009-05-22T11:11:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T11:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2009-05-22T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T11:13:05","slug":"the-orange-theatre-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2009\/05\/22\/the-orange-theatre-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"The Orange Theatre at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Today marks the eightieth anniversary of\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/orange-theatre\/#more-150\" target=\"_blank\">Orange Theatre\u00a0<\/a>opening, in downtown Orange.\u00a0Started in 1924, the Orange Theatre had a rather turbulent construction process, passing through a series of owners and court battles, that left the building closed and incomplete for nearly five years. Then, in 1929, a former &#8220;dirt farmer&#8221;, Michael Eltiste, stepped in and managed to complete the venue for a May 22nd\u00a0opening.\u00a0The Orange went on to have a forty\u00a0two year run as a cinema, before briefly closing and reopening as an ill fated\u00a0live theater.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orangeopeningad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Orange Theatre Opening Advertisement\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orangeopeningad-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orangeopeningad-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orangeopeningad-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orangeopeningad.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>By the mid seventies, the Orange Theatre was closed once again, but, unlike so many other classic cinemas, the Orange didn&#8217;t fall victim to the era&#8217;s urban renewal movement. In the spring of 1976, the Son Light Christian Center purchased the theatre and has remained the venue&#8217;s tenant for the past thirty three years. Particularly commendable, the Son Light group has maintained the\u00a0building&#8217;s classic splendor and celebrates the theatre&#8217;s history, via annual tours and archival efforts. While no longer screening films, the Orange stands as a fine example of a classic theatre finding a new use, while still honoring it&#8217;s past.\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the eightieth anniversary of\u00a0the Orange Theatre\u00a0opening, in downtown Orange.\u00a0Started in 1924, the Orange Theatre had a rather turbulent construction process, passing through a series of owners and court battles, that left the building closed and incomplete for nearly five years. Then, in 1929, a former &#8220;dirt farmer&#8221;, Michael Eltiste, stepped in and managed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}