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Better Theatres Section
April 12, 1930
View of the auditorium, looking toward the right wall at the proscenium arch. The proscenium arch is the largest in Wisconsin. The design, of Spanish pattern, is worked out in plaster, with ornamental grilles and statuary.
Looking down from the mezzanine balcony upon the main foyer, t o iv ard the doors leading from the lobby. The Spanish motif is here worked out in a series of arched stained zvindows.
By
AL P. NELSON
placed throughout the entire theatre, their lustrous woods with medieval carvings fitting into the decorative scheme admirably. The gamut of the color chart is run in the furniture coverings, in the drapes hung at the doors and archways and in the wall tapestries.
The design of the carpeting throughout the interior, in the upstairs and downstairs foyers and in the aisles of the main auditorium, is startling and vivid. It was especially designed for the theatre by the United Studios, as was also the electrical work and equipment, the plain and ornamental plastering, the painting and decorating, the sign and marquis, the scenery and rigging, the draperies, furniture and other elements.
The auditorium of the theatre boasts of having the largest proscenium arch in Wisconsin. It is adorned with fine grille work, great Aztec pillars and monumental statuary. It is 50 feet wide and 26 feet high, while the stage is 87 feet wide by 22 feet deep, with a fly-gallery
A DESIGN COMBINING MODERN MOTIFS WITH THE MEDIEVAL
ELEGANCE characterizes the entire array of indoor appointments of the beautiful new 2,200-seat Fox theatre in Green Bay, Wis. The old and new in interior decoration have been applied to the furnishing of the theatre, while the general architectural manner combines early medieval Spanish styles with modernistic effects. The architects were the United Studios of Chicago.
The modernistic touches are not basic but are added to the Spanish idea, which is the thematic background of the theatre’s design. This novel association of the old and the new, however, is deftly
Basically the architecture of the Fox in Green Bay, Wis., is Spanish. But here and there are recognitions of today's own architectural spirit
executed, and the modern note is highly acceptable in the appointments of the spacious foyers.
Massive pieces of carved furniture are