The Film Daily (1926)

THE lay, November 21, 1926 ^ ■^an DAILY Paramount Makes Bow as Key House ening Marks Epoch Theater Structure (Continued from Page 3) nation to have the house ready chedule, the construction com toward the close employed a of 1,250. Workmen were busy ig the finishing touches upon structure, up to shortly before edication ceremonies, e opening of the Paramount, ded far and wide resulted in :ng a crowd of the curious selif ever, duplicated in this city's rical history. But huge as this or audience was, it inflicted no hips on the assemblage which to do homage to the brilliant icle. The police department had off a considerable area in front d on both sides of the theater at guests would experience no le in approaching the theater tomobile, and practically all the stion for both pedestrians and •ed arrivals usually experienced Jening nights" was eliminated. Dr to the actual performance I got under way around nine k, the theater was thrown open general inspection. Not only he Grand Lobby thronged with s of notables of this industry f other walks of like as well. M. Botsford introduced the vari)eakers. Lee J. Eastman, Presiof the Broadway Association, the first to talk. The next :r was Will. H. Hays, who zed all connected with the ificent work, and then turning )Ox in which sat Thos. A. Ediieclared the high achievement : directly traceable to the ird," who is authentically cred•s the progenitor of the pracicience of motion pictures. Mr. n rose twice and was accorded ation that lasted a full minute. :s then commended Zukor, the jse for whom was second only lison. Hays said Zukor and responsible for the Paramount one the public a great service iking it possible to bring them virtual palace for their motion e entertainment. ^'or James J. Walker, as the 1 representative of the people of if^ork, lauded the high endeavors Publix officials. The program, :ail, follows: r Spangled Banner," sung by MarRingo. ome address, Lee J. Eastman, presiJroadway Ass'n. ome by Will H. Hays. ome by Mayor James J. Walker, ture, "1812 Overture," Paramount tra. n Yorke, soprano, •ice and Eleanora Ambrose, dancers. ic novelty, "The Harbor Beacon." n novelty, "Organs I Have Played," Crawford. Pageant of Progress," staged by John Anderson; part one, "Pre-History of een," including "The Days Beyond Resung by Helen Yorke; second part, First Motion Pictures and Their Aclying Form of Entertainment," in "When Old Broadway Was Young," )y James Clark; part three, "Para' including "The Inaugural Banquet," ly Helen Yorke, and "Cinema," by a Bell; tableau, "The Meeting of The House Staff The Paramount will have a force of: Eighty-six ushers. Eight doormen. Six Box-office attendants. Six footmen. Eight pages. Eight cashiers. For interesting detail on the "projection suite," first of its kind and detail on the projection equipment turn to the "Know Your Own Industry" article on page 22. East and West at the Crossroads of the World." Feature, "God Gave Me Twenty Cents." E. T. Leaper, former house manager of B. & K.'s Uptown theater, Chicago, assumed charge Friday night as house manager. He will be in charge insofar as problems of house maintenance and service are concerned. All matters of policy such as bookings, advertising, arranging of the various programs will be handled by the Publix headquarters which, in the near future, will be housed on tht tenth floor of the Paramount building in quarters adjacent to the rehearsal rooms and production headquarters for the theater proper. Chester L. Stoddard is Leaper's first assistant and A. L. Biba is second assistant. Nathaniel Finston is general musical director, with Irvin Talbot as director and Josef Koestner as assistant director. Frederick Fradkin is concert master. The price scale will be as follows : From 10.45 A.M. to 1 :45 P.M. weekdays and Saturdays — 40 cents. From 1 P.M. to 6 P.M. weekdays except Saturdays — 65 cents. After 6 P.M. weekdays except Saturdays — 75 cents. From 1 P.M. to closing on Saturdays — 99 cents which includes tax. From 10:45 A.M. to closing on Sundays and holidays — 99 cents which includes tax. Four hundred seats in the diamond horseshoe will be sold at $1.65 top at all times. "The Spirit of Progress" parade down Broadway yesterday afternoon was one of the highlights of the "Greater Broadway Celebration," which came to a climax with the opening of the theater. As the colorful pageant wound its way the husky, cheering voices of some 1,250 working men employed on the Paramount Building could be heard for blocks around, while thousands of gaily colored baloons, fluttering streamers and confetti poured forth from the tower of the new home of Famous Players. Among the well-known figures present — and there were many more than space will allow to tell — were the following: F. P. Adams, George Ade, Felix Adler, E. F. Albee, Jack Alicoate, Kelsey Allen, Winthrop Ames, John Murray Anderson, Hugh Anderson, A. J., Barney and John Balaban, F. V. Baldwin, Leroy W. Baldwin, Frank Bailey, Bruce Barton, Bernard Baruch, Geo. Gordon Battle, Rex Beach, David Belasco, Monta Bell, Robt. Benchley, T. Benda, R. Bender, Clara Beranger, Irving Berlin, A. H. Blank, Ralph Block, Paul Block, Franklin Booth, Major Edward J. Bowes, John McK. Bowman, Peter J. Brady, Wm. A. Brady, Nell Brinkley, Geo. Broadhurst, Bruce Bromley, Betty Bronson, Louise Brooks, Haywood Broun, Mr. and Mrs. Jules Brulatour, Frank Buehler, E. C. A. Bullock, Nathan Burkan, Miss Billie Burke, H. P. Burton, W. S. Butterfield. Frank Cambria, H. Campagnoli, Frank Case, Geo. F. Centes, O. H. Cheney, R. H. Cochrane, M. E. Comerford, Jack Connolly, Harry Content, Emanuel Cohen, Joseph Cosgrove, Paul D. Cravath, Jesse Crawford, James Creelman, Frank Crowninshield. J. Clarence Davies, Israel Davis, Owen Davis, Joseph P. Day, Jule Delmar, Fred Desberg, Harvey Deuell, Richard Dix, Spencer B. Driggs, W. H. Driscoll, Hon. Charles J. Druhan, Edwin W. Dunn. George Eastman, Lee J. Eastman, John Eberson, Thomas A. Edison, Wm. H. English. Jacob Fabian, W. C. Fields, Geo. Buchanan Fife, N. W. Finston, John C. Flinn, Michel Fokine, C. A. Franklin, Harold B. Franklin, Ernest W. Fredman, Daniel Frohman. Crosby Gaige, E. G. Gersten, Morris Gest, A. H. Gianinni, Charles Dana Gibson, Benedict Gimbel, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Goldberg, Sid Grauman, Lawrence Gray, Wm. P. Gray, C. T. Greneker, D. W. Griffith, E. Ray Goetz, John Golden, Nathan Gordon. Forrest Halsey, Arthur Hammerstein, Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Hammons, Samuel S. Hanauer, Marion Ivy Harris, Joseph A. Hanflf, Col. E. T. Hartman, Sam Harding, Sam H. Harris, Margaret Hawkesworth, Will H. Hays, Gabriel L. Hess, Harry Hirshfield, W. H. Hollander, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Horowitz, Armistead R. Holcombe, Fannie Hurst, Jules Hurtig, Mark Hymanx. . Felix Kahn, Otto Kahn, Robert T. Kane, Maurice Kann, Dr. Harry Katz, Sam Katz, Morris Katz, Al Kaufman, G. S. Kaufman, S. J. Kaufman, Mesmore Kendall, Austin C. Keough, Pierre V. Key,, Francis Rockefeller King, Sam Kingston, Karl K. Kitchen, Arthur Klein, Morris Kohn, Ralph H. Kohn, John H. Kunsky. Jack Lait, Theo. W. Lamb, Jesse L. Lasky, Wm. A. Leach, Wm.. Le Baron, Joe Le Blang, Robert Leiber, Chas. Le Maire, Sinclair Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Irving M. Lesser, Arthur H. Lowe, David L. Loew, Ray Long, Harry Lubliner, L. J. Ludwig, E. J. Ludwig, Mark Luescher, Ed Lynn, Ben Lyon. Robt. MacAlarney, John McBride, Bernarr McFadden, Vincent McFaul, Anthony McGuire, John McGuirk, Miss H. M. Malkiel, Burns Mantle, Townsend Martin, Jules E. Mastbaum, Thomas Meighan, Donald M. Mersereau, James S. Metcalfe, Frank Meyer, Louis Meyer, Paul Meyer, J. Clarkson Miller, Gilbert Miller, Paul C. Mooney, Joseph Moore, Lois Moran, William Morris, William Morris, Jr., B. S. Moss, J. J. Murdock, Mae Murray, Jules Murry, Fred Muschenheim. Conde Nast, Geo. Jean Nathan, N. L. Nathanson, Olga Nethersole, Adolph S. Ochs, Paul lOscard. C. W. Painter, Mona Palma, Phil Payne, Joseph Patterson, Elmer Pearson, Brock Pernberton, Charles E. Pettijohn, Admiral C. P. Plunkett, John Polachek, George P. Putnam, Lya de Putti. Terry Ramsaye, George L. Rapp, Luther Reed, J. L. Replogle, Nellie Revell, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld. B. F. Roeder, Harold Ross, Watterson C. Rothacker, S. L. Rothafcl, Richard A. Rowland, John Rumsey. Malcolm St. Clair, Julian Saenger, Tony Sarg, R. W. Saunders, Nicholas M. Schenck, Mortimer Schiff. Chas M. Schwab, Dr. Richard Schuster, Gilbert Seldes, Arch Selwyn, Edgar Selwyn, E. E. Shauer, Michael Shea, Robert Sherwood, J. J. Shubert, Lee Shubert, Geo. L. Slawson, Hon. Alfred E. Smith, Boyden Sparkes, Lawrence Stallings, Edward L. Stanton, Edward Steichen, Herbert K. Stern, Lawrence Stem, Percy S. Straus, Frank Sullivan, Edward Sutherland, Gloria Swanson, Herbert B. Swope. John H. Tennant, Major Thompson, George W. Trendle, Norman Trevor, Gene Tunney, Frank Tuttle. Florence Vidor, H. C. Von Elm. Robert Wagner, Mayor James J. Walker, Rodman Wanamaker, Felix Warburg, David Warfield, Albert Warner, Harry and Sam Warner, Frank D. Waterman, Arthur Waters, Victor Watson, John V. A. Weaver, Rita Weiman, John Wenger, Louis Werba, Maurice Wertheim, Louis Wiley. Lois Wilson, Thomas A. Wise, Sir William Wiseman, Alexander Woollcott, Rudolph Wurlitzer. Florenz Ziegfeld. New Theater for Cornwall, Ont. Cornwall, Ont.— T h e Palace Amusement Co., Ltd. has purchased property on which a large theater will soon be erected. FILM OFFICES 500 to 7200 sq. ft. with 1 to 4 VAULTS PROJECTION, CUTTING and SHIPPING ROOMS LIGHT ON FOUR SIDES. IN THE HEART OF THE MOVIE DISTRICT. EVERY ESSENTIAL CONCENTRATED IN ONE. 100% SPRINKLER. 3 PASSENGER, 1 FREIGHT ELEVATOR. 126»132 West 46th St., Between Broadway and Sixth Avenue Leavitt Building 2nd FLOOR PHONE BRYANT 7747