Picture This: 100th anniversary celebrated on Smoot Theatre stage
Williamstown Elementary third-grader Avalyn Meckley performs “Baby Face,” a popular song from 1926, the year the Smoot Theatre was built, on the Smoot stage Sunday afternoon during an event celebrating the venue’s centennial anniversary. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Smoot Theatre Executive Director Felice Jorgeson shares a story of the building’s history during an event Sunday afternoon marking the theater’s centennial anniversary this year. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Julia-Ann Square Historic District resident Judith Smith, left, discusses the fashions of the 1920s with her husband Norman serving as one of the models during a presentation celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Smoot Theatre’s construction Sunday afternoon on the venue’s stage. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Smoot Theatre Executive Director Felice Jorgeson, front right, leads the Smoot House Band in a performance of “Bye Bye Blackbird,” a popular song from 1926, the year the venue was constructed, during a centennial celebration Sunday. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Williamstown Elementary third-grader Avalyn Meckley performs “Baby Face,” a popular song from 1926, the year the Smoot Theatre was built, on the Smoot stage Sunday afternoon during an event celebrating the venue’s centennial anniversary. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Smoot Theatre Executive Director Felice Jorgeson shares a story of the building’s history during an event Sunday afternoon marking the theater’s centennial anniversary this year. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Julia-Ann Square Historic District resident Judith Smith, left, discusses the fashions of the 1920s with her husband Norman serving as one of the models during a presentation celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Smoot Theatre’s construction Sunday afternoon on the venue’s stage. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Smoot Theatre Executive Director Felice Jorgeson, front right, leads the Smoot House Band in a performance of “Bye Bye Blackbird,” a popular song from 1926, the year the venue was constructed, during a centennial celebration Sunday. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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PARKERSBURG – Members of the community gathered Sunday at the Smoot Theatre in downtown Parkersburg for the first of two celebrations of the venue's 100th anniversary. The theater opened on Oct. 18, 1926, in the era of vaudeville and silent movies. A second event is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, when the silent movie “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” starring Buster Keaton will be screened.