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Filmland Goes To The Fair
This sketch of the Hollywood pavilion at the World's Fair shows the main facade of the 75,000 sq. ft. exhibition area, which contains selected famous movie sets and many other features.
Hollywood Pavilion Dazzles Fair Visitors
Famous Hollywood seta actually used in outstanding pictures, a L0O0seal theatre in which audiences can watch the shooting of a film on
mulated sound stage, and a Motion Picture Museum ยป>f memorabilia from the treasure chests of the major studios, an highlights of the Hollywood Pavilion at the New York \\ mi Id's Fair.
The exhibit reflects the color, clamour and excitement of the Hollywood motion picture industry. Occupying a 75,000 square foot exhibition area, the Hollywood Pavilion is operated by George Murphy & Associates, with Trans World Financial Company participating a> financial manager.
Utilizing all the magic <>f the world of Hollywood as its theme, the Pavilion has as its entrance a replica of the facade and forecourt of Graumans Chinese Theatre, most publicized movie palace in the world. This ambitious recreation is complete with the footprints and handprints of Hollywood's most-renowned stars.
Broadcasts, telecasts and a nonstop schedule of other entertainment is spotlighted in the Pavilion lobbv. which features a Gallery of Stars and a Reception Court. There is also a Celebrity Retndesvous. where visiting stars can sign 100 autographs at a time on a multiple writer.
Visitors have an opportunity to
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roam through the throne room From "Cleopatra", the candj shop From
"West Side S".or\". the court room From "The King and I", the French street from "Irma La Douce" and mam other original sets from celebrated Hollywood motion pictures of the past, present and future
Vuthenticity is the keynote of the presentation of these fully-dressed movie sets, further enhanced in many instances by the use of dress extras and musical backgrounds.
The skills and techniques of moviemaking are given full play in the large Sound Stage Theatre where \ isitors see the actual shooting of a film in a demonstration presented twice every hour. There is a breakaway fight scene with top motion picture stunt men. and a love scene that turns into a three-way comedy between ingenue, juvenile and director. The climax of this "inside look", narrated by a well-known movie personality, is an audience participation scene that gives every Pavilion visitor a chance to boast that he has been in the movies.
Hollywood nostalgia, in the form of yvell-remembered props, costumes and jewelry, as well as models, designs and stills for classic films, are displayed in a rotating exhibition in the Motion Picture Museum. One section of the Museum is devoted to mementoes of the career of the late
June, 1964
Cecil B. DeMille. master of spectacles.
Also scheduled are Hollywood Fashion Shows and promotions for new motion pictures to be conducted with the flavor of a Hollywood Premiere. In a replica of an old-fashioned penny arcade, visitors can be photographed in a Star Cut-Out and place their footprints in clay to commemorate their visit. In a Music Gallery. leading recording stars make personal appearances and autograph their latest records as gifts for Pavilion guests.
\ series of billboards displaying outdoor advertisements for many of the most famous films of the last 25 years ring the entire Pavilion enclosure. The Hollywood theme is excitingly evident in both the Hollywood Garden Restaurant and the cocktail lounge t.he Hollywood Celebrity Room. il'
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OUT OF PRINT
MITCHELL MANUAL
AVAILABLE!
The renowned "Manual for Practical Projection" by Robert A. Mitchell is now out of print, according to an announcement by the bookseller, International Projectionist.
Returns from our retail outlets have been consolidated and we now have approximately 40 volumes of the Mitchell Manual available on a first-come-first served basis.
These books are in brand new condition, complete with dust jackets; have never been used. This rare publication can be yours for $10 cash or money order. Sorry, no C.O.D. or foreign orders can be accepted at this price.
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Box 410, Route 5
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391