Our visits there were to be short lived, however. GSTOS members enjoyed visiting this venue on May16, 1993 to celebrate both the inauguration of the organ, and the 20th anniversary of the incorporation of GSTOS.
Once installed, the organ was played for lunch every Wednesday, with a different artist playing monthly. The deal fell through, and the organ was crated and placed in storage in London, Ontario, where it remained until late 1992.Ī number of GSTOS members participated in the installation project at Casa Lido, many of whom had been on the Trenton War Memorial Crew.
In the early 1990’s Ted’s widow sold the organ to a restaurant in Ontario, Canada. In the 1940’s the Bagdad Kimball was removed from the theatre and played at the private residence of Ted Marks, also in Portland, Oregon. Kimball stoplist as installed at the Bagdad. It is a perfect place to eat some pizza, drink a beer, and see a great movie. Today the theatre is run by the McMenamin brothers who operate the venue as a one of a kind second run theatre that mixes classic film and classic food. As of 1998, the Bagdad Theatre building was operating as the Bagdad Pub & Theatre which offered a unique “beer & bijou” combination. When television killed vaudeville, the venue switched to a film-only schedule, a format it has maintained to this day, with one exception.
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The Bagdad Theatre was not only a first-run movie theatre, but also a key venue on the vaudeville circuit into the 1940’s. The opulent venue was built with Middle Eastern influences that adorn the building’s exterior and interior. The theatre was built by Universal Pictures in 1927 for the then enormous amount of $100,000.
The 1927 organ was built for and installed in the Bagdad Theatre, Portland, Oregon at a cost of $16,500. The Kimball Theatre Pipe organ now installed in the school auditorium / gym at Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Wayne, N. Special thanks to member Ron Abata, co-owner of Casa Lido Restaurant, for supplying information for this article. Jeff Barker at the Our Lady of Consolation Kimball
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