If you've been to Downtown Memphis you've undoubtedly been by the Orpheum Theatre. The Orpheum is best known for hosting broadway musicals such as the Lion King. But the Orpheum hosts a variety of other events such as concerts and movies -- that's right, movies! In fact, the Orpheum originally opened as the first Malco movie house. It opened in the era when movie houses were opulent, ornate buildings with balconies and taking in a movie was an event. If you take in one of the summer movie series, it still is.
Each year, the Orpheum runs a summer movie series. I recently had the pleasure of taking my children to the Orpheum to see Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time. It was great. They showed an old black and white serial before the main attraction. They had a trivia contest and the Orpheum looked as beautiful as ever. We had a lot of fun.
If you haven't seen a movie there or haven't been there in awhile, it's definitely one of those really cool and essentially Memphis things that you just have to do. Go to www.orpheum-memphis.com for a list of the coming attractions including the movies. Some of the movies yet to play this summer are the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Godfather, the Sound of Music, Goldfinger, Caddy Shack and the Wizard of Oz.
If you have a family, this is a great way to spend some time together. If you're single or don't have kids, go check out one of these movies and then head on over to Beale Street.
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