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PICTORIAL REVIEW of THEATRES
New
Palatial
Theatres
in Australia
MELBOURNE'S "TWO THEATRES IN ONE"
Plaza and Regent Operated by Hoyts Theatres, Ltd.
THE unusual practice of erecting one theatre on top of another has been adopted with notable success by Architects Cedric H. Ballantyne and Associates of Melbourne. Australia. The project to which the two-inone theatre buildings was adopted is the newest building erected by Hoyts Theatres. Ltd.. in Melbourne. This is the Regent Theatre, the main auditorium, which seats 3.500 persons, and is devoted to weekly change policy of de luxe picture and stage offerings, and beneath it the Plaza, seating about 1,500. and operating on an extended run policy. Views of the interior of the Regent were reproduced in the August issue of The Showman.
By a skillful arrangement of the entrances to both levels the impression is made that each of these two theatres are at the street level. The Regent entrance, 35 feet wide. leads up a short flight of steps through the ticket lobby
into the grand foyer with the stalls entrance beyond. The entrance of the Plaza adjoins that of the Regent, and is excavated to a depth of 40 feet below the stalls' level of the upper auditorium. The floor of the Regent is supported on built-up plate girders nearly 8 feet deep and having a clear span of 80 feet.
The type of decoration adopted for the Plaza is Spanish, with color used to the fullest extent in treating the heavily beamed ceilings of foyer and auditorium. The easy flight of steps leading from the street level enter upon the unusually commodious lounge foyer. The floor is laid with antique tile blocks in shades of warm browns and terra cotta. The walls are of textured plaster relieved with colored tile inlays.
A feature of the entrance is the effect of a high patio arcaded at the ground level with decorative windows and