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April 12, 1930
Exhibitors Herald-World
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An architect’s study of the proscenium arch and decorative curtain in the Paramount at Stapleton. While the subject is romantic, the rendering is in the modern manner, with direct lines and sharp surfaces carrying the outline of the figures. This decorative piece is richly colored, as even this sketch, by its contrasting tones, readily reveals.
to the exit courts at the right and at the rear.
The exterior of the building is a combination of face brick and cast stone, all treated in rather severe modern lines. In designing the exterior the architects gave careful consideration to the architecture of neighboring buildings.
T HE auditorium has a height of 40 feet. The stage has a depth of 24 feet. The proscenium arch opening measures 56 feet, the architects having prepared for the increased size of the screen to be used with wider film. The projection booth was similarly designed so that the expected future developments in cinematography and projection would be provided for.
A combination of low relief plaster work, with an abundant use of mirrors, colorful marbles and decorative painting, all combined in a harmonious effect, form the basic elements of the decorative scheme. Every precaution was taken, of course, to introduce forms which would have special acoustical value while some of the old curved forms were eliminated in favor of angular shapes.
The larger poster frames, or what are commonly known as shadow boxes, which were introduced into the lobby, main foyer and elsewhere are built into the construction and form an integral part of the design, expressing the modernistic ideal of utility as the basis of beauty. The combination of features of this sort is quite a new note in details and one likely to be sounded more and more.
The mechanical equipment of this particular house will function exactly as the expensive mechanical equipment installed in mammoth theatres. The heating plant, electrical equipment, stage equipment, etc., will equal those of any large theatre. The system of ventilating is the down-feed system, by which the air is forced from the top and passes through openings in the floor, wall grilles, etc. •
Interesting objects of art, which have been procured from different parts of Europe and this country, and also furniture which has been specially made, will be placed in different parts of the theatre.