Cinema News and Property Gazette Technical Supplement (1924-1925, 1943, 1946)

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February 19, 1925. Supplement to THE CINEMA NEWS AND PROPERTY GAZETTE. 3* structed battens of the compartment type fitted with g-as-filled lamps ; coloured diffusers provide fourcoloured lighting effects. The boxes, Fig. 5, are illuminated by means of special ceiling fixtures of G.E.C. manufacture, fitted with " Equiluxo" bowls. Although small, these are arranged to take 12 Osram tubular type lamps, thus â– allowing for three lamps per colour, which evenly illuminates the glassware. Here, as before, the colours are purple, blue, red and white. Over the balcony and cove cornice, the ceiling is illuminated by means of cornice lighting and special ceiling fixtures. The cornice lighting is provided by means of special G.E.C. trough type reflectors fitted with Osram Sign type lamps in four colours ; the ceiling fixtures are similar to those installed over the stalls. The dome is illuminated by a large number of Osram lamps concealed in the base. The effect is distinctly attractive, the star-spangled dome being shown to advantage. In the foyer the illumination is abundant and even ; this is obtained through the medium of G.E.C. pendants finished in Georgian silver, with " Equiluxo '' glassware equipped with gas-filled lamps ; the corridors are illuminated with G.E.C. " Superlux " glassware ceiling fittings and Osram gas-filled lamps. Below the theatre there is a large dance hall, where the lighting features are also extremely decorative. In the centre of the main ceiling is a specially constructed ceiling fixture, 6 ft. 6 ins. in diameter, fitted with glass panels which are illuminated by means of Osram tubular type 20-watt lamps in four colours ; these are arranged horizontally. Round the central fitting are fitted 24 radial glazed panels. These are illuminated by means of vacuum lamps arranged in four colours on special interior fittings. In addition, there are fitted four pendant fixtures, 5 ft. 6 ins. in diameter, and two pendant fittings 4 ft. 6 ins. in diameter ; these are fitted with special interiors arranged to take Osram Sign type and Axial type lamps in four colours. A small but very important lighting feature of the Capitol theatre is the illumination of the floor and steps leading to the various seats. This is accomplished, in the body of the theatre, by means of Osglim lamps fitted at certain points behind diffusing glass screens recessed in the wall ; the result is very effective. In the circle, the glass and Osglim lamps are recessed into the steps, one in each step. Each glass Fig. 4. The Auditorium, showing Illuminated Fountain.