Oriental Theatre (Milwaukee)

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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; it is said to be the only movie palace to incorporate East Indian artwork.^{[citation needed]} 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.

The theater is owned by Landmark Theatres and formally known as the Oriental Landmark Theatre. It has been showing independent and art films, as well as a few blockbuster Hollywood films.

The theater is the world record holder for continuous showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.^[1] It has played as a Saturday midnight film since January of 1978.

In 2005 the theater was dubbed "One of the 10 Best Movie Theatres in America" by Entertainment Weekly.