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THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF
We have not prescribed any super qualifications for our standard of A-i theatre manager. Every one of the qualities which we have pointed out is one which can be acquired through diligent effort and application on the part of our present managers as well as those who in the future will come into this business. Given these executive qualities, we will discuss, generally, theatre management.
In the preparation of a performance for your theatre you should endeavor to be present so far as it is physically possible at all rehearsals or pre-viewing of films in order that you may be able to suggest intelligently the proper arrangement and routine for that performance. As the time approaches for the opening of your theatre it is necessary for the manager to be in his house at least one hour before the time scheduled for its opening.
The first duty upon arriving at your theatre should be to check the ventilation, as it requires from thirty to forty-five minutes in order to make any appreciable change in the air condition. When this has been properly adjusted, immediately start on your daily inspection of that part of your theatre accessible to the general public, inspecting first such rooms as ladies' parlors and emergency rooms which normally cannot be entered during the hours that the house is in operation. Carefully written notes should be made of any omissions or neglect on the part of the night cleaning force, so that the chief janitor may be given detailed instruction in the proper care of the house and its equipment.
All employees whom you expect to have on duty at the opening of your doors should be in the building thirty minutes prior to the opening of the box offices. Therefore, you must inspect and check off in order to see that the proper staff is on duty, properly uniformed for the opening of your theatre.
Cash boxes should be taken to the box office fifteen minutes before opening time, and cashiers should be there in order to
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BALABAN 6? KATZ THEATRE MANAGEMENT