Whenever I visit the Elsinore Theatre, my imagination wanders to 1929. The palatial playhouse was still shiny and new, and a whistlin', toe-tappin' mouse had taken the entertainment world by the ears.

The Mickey Mouse Club, if you haven't heard, started at the Elsinore. Not the one with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Not even the one with Annette Funicello, Cubby O'Brien ...

This story was originally published Dec. 23, 2019. The next time you visit the Elsinore Theatre, let your imagination wander to 1929. The palatial playhouse was still shiny and new, and a whistlin', ...

The Elsinore Mickey Mouse Club was proud of its attendance. Scribe Zollie bragged in the July 18, 1930, Mouse Notes about how the Seattle club may have had a few hundred more members, but Salem had ...