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September 26, 1931
Motion Picture Herald
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Upper view: The lobby looking across to passage to the auditorium and beneath the staircase to the mezzanine. The tapestry is one of two depicting a Burmese nude.
Lower view: Detail of a stained glass window in the foyer, the decorative effect of which is almost exclusively derived from architectural elements rather than furnishings.
Draperies are hung at walls, which were glazed after being sprayed with liquid aluminum. To the left is the promenade, also highly decorated in modernistic design.
The grand staircase is of rare design. White metal handrails set off upright rods 15 feet long, topped by one-inch thick, decorative glass. At tip and base of each rod are spun silver balls seven inches in diameter. The color scheme is gray, red and blue, and these colors have been blended in practically every section of the building. There are but two pieces of furniture in the lobby, both are long, heavily upholdstered divans. Two tapestries, on each of which has been painted the nude figure of a Burmese woman, hang from the wall. The figures are done in bronze and offer a complementing contrast to a sparkling background of green and silver bordered with black.
A 100-foot winding promenade serves as a downstairs lounge. It is well furnished with heavily upholstered davenports and easy chairs. A half dozen paintings have been hung along either side of the corridor. There is enough vivid color in them to offer a change from the soft colors found in the furniture and rugs and from the
somber lights along the wall. An interesting feature in the promenade is a large drinking fountain done in black. The modernistic design follows the general artistic decoration of the theatre. Directly across the promenade from the fountain is a large mirror which reflects an ornamental basin. At the end of the promenade are two white doors which lead into the manager's office suite, done in green and red soft tones.
Large doors lead from the promenade into the auditorium. The highspot here is the lighting effects. Large chandeliers hang from six points of the ceiling. Four of them extend over the main floor, and two hang from the ceiling directly above the front section of the balcony. From each of these six fixtures may be produced three lighting effects. Colors used in them are green, blue and orange. Along the walls of the auditorium is a series of lamps which also produce colorful effects.
The organ grilles on each side of the proscenium arch are constructed of plaster, covered with silver leaf and highlighted with goldleaf. Rhinestone curtains, iridescent and illuminated, back these grilles, and each note of the organ causes these cur