The Pioneer of Moving Pictures

For Pendleton, Oregon, "the Pastime Theatre is the pioneer moving picture house in the city.” Besides being able to see a moving picture, the place in which you see it has a profound effect on the viewing experience overall. According to Ina Rae Hark, “Many aspects of exhibition sites work subtly to construct he viewing experience…” (Hark 2).

Medford's Page Theatre Orientalization/Frontier Program

For my post, I chose an ad promoting a program at the Page Theatre in Medford that was published by the Medford Mail Tribune in 1913. It is an interesting artifact for several reasons: one of which is its design. Rather than putting the date, choosing to just have "TONIGHT" could make the reader feel as though it is an event they don't want to miss out on.

Ye Liberty Theatre in the Weekly Chemawa American

Ye Liberty Theater ad, 1911
Weekly Chemawa American, July 14, 1911.

At left is an advertisement for the program ‘The Best Our Ambition’ at the Ye Liberty Theatre in

The Iron Claw

The Iron Claw ad, 1916
Sunday Oregonian, Mar. 26, 1916, p. 7. Historic Oregon Newspapers.

Pathe exchange advertises their movie The Iron Claw  and the serial that will be published in the Sunday Oregonian above.

Portland's Liberty Theater and Charles Ray

Liberty theater ad (full page)
Sunday Oregonian, Feb. 26, 1922, p. 3. Historic Oregon Newspapers.

This is an ad Portland's Sunday Oregonian from February 26, 1922.