The Oriental Theatre is located in the East Side neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin It was built and opened in 1927 as a movie palace. The themes of the decor are East Indian, with no traces of Chinese or Japanese artwork and is said to be the only movie palace to incorporate East Indian artwork. It was designed by Gustave A. Dick and Alex Bauer and features 2 minaret towers, 3 beautiful stained glass chandeliers, several hand drawn murals, 6 bigger-than-life Buddhas, dozens of original draperies, 8 porcelain lions, and hundreds of elephants. Milwaukees East Side is considered to be a cultural and trend-setting center of Milwaukee for some time. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Movie palace is a synonym for movie theater, but nowadays usually used for the grand art deco cinemas of the 1910s to 1940s, contrasting with modern multiplexes. ... The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and South-East Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and... Minarets (Arabic manara منارة, but more usually مئذنة) are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. ... A chandelier in the U.S. vice presidents ceremonial office in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. ... A stone image of the Buddha. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. ...

The theater currently shows independent and art films and well as a few blockbuster Hollywood films. The Oriental Theatre is the world record holder for showings of the The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It has played as a midnight film since January, 1978. It is considered to be "One of the 10 Best Movie Theatres in America" This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... ... ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 1975) is a science fiction-comedy-horror musical film directed by Jim Sharman from a screenplay by Sharman and Richard OBrien, who also composed the songs. ...

See also

• Oriental Theatre (Chicago)

External links

• Oriental Theatre at LandmarkTheatres.com
• Oriental Theatre at CinemaTreasures.org