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To its circuit of over 100 theatres in Canada, Odeon Theatres, Ltd., has added the new Odeon in JEdmonton, Alberta. Designed with special consideration for wide-screen the theatre seats 1,125 on two levels. The architects were
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The front of the new Odeon is constructed of ivory brick above the marquee and has a lower facade of marble in buff and brown. The boxoffice provides for two separate wickets, one outside and another facing inside the vestibule.
The auditorium is entered through the foyer (below) from archways on either side of the refreshment stand. Walls in the foyer are
ith the construction of the Odeon theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Odeon 1 heatres, Ltd., has added to its large circuit of over 100 operations in Canada, a new theatre designed to accommodate wide-screen technique. Seating of the new theatre is on two levels, including mezzanine and balcony, and totals 1,125.
To provide for the widest possible screen under the conditions imposed by plot and desired capacity, the architects, Kaplan & Sprachman of Toronto, in consultation with Odeon’s director of engineering, A. J. Pauley, have designed the screen platform so that exit passageways run underneath this structure. In order to maintain normal height from the auditorium floor to the bottom of the screen, the floor was made to dip sharply on either side leading downward to the exits.
Another unusual feature in the theatre’s construction is the placement of auditorium “surround” speakers for stereophonic sound, which are built into the ceiling rather than
the side walls. There are 16 such speakers in all.
1'he front of the new theatre is constructed of ivory brick above the marquee with the lower facade of highly polished marble in buff and brown, trimmed in stainless steel. Atop the marquee, which is stainless steel, is a tower of sheet steel bearing name signs in neon and attraction panel boards with Wagner letters. Neon tubing used on the marquee is in white, gold and aqua colors.
Placed on the right of the entrance area is the box-office, which consists of two sections, one facing the sidewalk outside and the other inside the vestibule for use in inclement weather. The vestibule is entered through three pairs of glass doors trimmed in stainless steel. Beyond the vestibule is a foyer off of which on either side are archways leading into the auditorium and stairs to the mezzanine, on which level are a lounge and the men’s and women’s rest rooms. The stairs are of Roman travertine marble with railings of polished stainless steel.
In the vestibule the walls are of marble similar to that used on the exterior of the building, while the ceiling is plaster painted blue and the floor of perforated rubber in terra-cotta to blend with the color of the walls. In the foyer the walls are treated
treated with "Bolta Wall," a plastic material, in mahogany and grey. The floor here is of tile.
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MOTION PICTURE HERALD, OCTOBER 2, 1954