Balconies; Children; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Dance floors; Dances; Demolition; Fairyland (Imaginary place); Family; Flashlights; Floor shows; Friends; Gaslight (Motion picture : 1944); Grand Opera House; Grandparents; Grantsville High School; High school students; Legacies; Magicians; Marriage; Motion picture; Orchestra; Pageants; Paint; Parents; Piano; Picture of Dorian Gray (Motion picture); Plays; Prom; Rattlesnakes.; Sagebrush; School principals; Social life and customs; Stairs; Theater curtains; Theaters--Utah; United States. Army; University of Utah; World War II; Washington; Texas; Tooele (Utah); ; Grantsville (Utah)
Description
Oral history interview by Janet Cook with Arlene J. Halladay. Topics include: growing up in Grantsville, Moving around for a few years while her husband was in the Army, How World War II was a major topic of discussion, When Grantsville installed a culinary water system, All the events that took place at the Opera House, such as plays movies, dances, Gold and Green Balls, Seminary Graduation, and Old Folks Sociables, Dancing at the University of Utah, Seeing the scariest movies: Picture of Dorian Gray and Gaslight, Visiting the Opera House one day to find it painted blue, Seeing traveling shows, How the Opera House was a community center and gathering place, and returning to Gransville after her husband's military service to find the Opera House gone.
Collection Number and Name
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
Type
Image/MovingImage
Genre
oral histories (literary works)
Format
video/mp4
Extent
20:22
Language
eng
Rights
Source
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
