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Glen Campbell in Telluride

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It was in 1912 that J. A. Segerberg, manager of the New Sheridan Hotel, recognized Telluride’s need for a venue to host lavish parties, balls and evenings of entertainment. Construction of the Segerberg Opera House was completed in July of 1913. The venue quickly became home to many traveling troupes, moving pictures and high-class events. The opera house was built with connecting floors to the lavish New Sheridan Hotel, enabling prominent entertainers of the period including Sarah Bernhardt, Lillian Gish, and speakers such as Socialist Presidential Candidate Eugene Debs, to go directly from their rooms to the stage. Famous entertainers and audience members such as Williams Jennings Bryant (a frequent visitor to both the New Sheridan Hotel and the opera house) brought national attention to this 238-seat “jewel box” of a theater.

Prohibition lasted 18 years, and the Segerbergs were finally forced to close the theater doors by the early 1930s.

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The Segerberg Theater reopened for organized programming in the early 1960s. Renamed the Sheridan Opera House after the neighboring New Sheridan Hotel, the opera house once again became home to live entertainment and movies.

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It has gone through several owners and venues but was completely refurbished between 2000-2010. It is a beautiful state-of-the-art building today that houses the famous Telluride Film Festival and performing artists like Jackson Browne, John Prine and Smokey Robinson. The New Sheridan Hotel now encompasses the lot and butts up to the theater.

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Although they filmed on the other side of the mountain, Glen and John Wayne found their way to Telluride. Since it was before the ski area was formed, it had to either be for lunch or curiosity. The main street was still dirt and they appear to be looking down the main street at Bridal Veil Falls.

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