New online series looks at Historic Eagles Theatre

Documentary produced by former resident Joel Geyer

By Amanda Redman aredman@thepaperofwabash.com

Imagine the Historic Eagles Theatre’s windows are eyes.

Imagine what changes those eyes have seen since they first opened 117 years ago.

Filmmaker Joel Geyer gives a glimpse through that lens in “Eagles Adventures, An Online

Film Series,’ now showing on honeywellarts.org

“I call it Wabash’s Window on the World,” said Geyer, a 1966 Wabash High School alumni who became a documentary filmmaker for PBS.

The five short films feature interviews with local people, and highlight the vaudeville and musical acts, silent films and motion pic- tures, that both mirrored and entertained the populace through periods of war, recovery, peace and rebellion.

“Here’s a history bit – Eagles was called Yarnelle Theatre for a few years because William Yarnelle of Yarnelle Coal and Lumber saved Eagles from bankruptcy in 1912 by Cont. on Pg. 3.