High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Oriental Theatre was a movie theater located at 828 SE Grand Street in the East Portland commercial district of Portland, Oregon. Built in 1927 the Oriental was a 2,038 seat movie palace designed by Lee Arden Thomas and Albert Mercier. The building`s exterior was in the Italian Renaissance style. The interior had an "almost surreal appearance" created by interior designer Adrien Alex Voisin. It was built by George Warren Weatherly. Demolished in 1970, the theater was located next to the Weatherly Building, which remains standing.