Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

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The Northgate screen substantially fills the forward end of the auditorium, shown above with the traveler open. Six front rows ( see rear view below) have veneer chairs. therefore performance area, closed by a screen curtain and associated drapes tluring non-projection periods. Control of ceiling height in the theatre to allow efficiently for a community hall beneath it has been effected by use of the “reverse-floor” principle, with a rapid increase in pitch upward at the ninth row. The forward rows, however, are close to the screen relative to the picture width, and the first six have veneer chairs. The remainder of the seating, two-thirds of which is in the main section, consists in Irwin chairs with padded backs and spring seats upholstered in turquoise mohair. At the rear of the stadium there is a “cry-room,” which is equipped with a drinking fountain and bassinets and has direct contact with both the women’s and the men’s restroom off the lobby. The restrooms have terrazzo floors, ceramic tile walls and ceilings of acoustic material. Fixtures in the women’s room are pink, those in the men’s gray. House lighting of the auditorium is by neon strips in color behind wall panel insets in the main seating section, and by similar sources in a ceiling cove in the stadium section. For necessary illumination during projection periods, a few downlights liberally spaced in a single line down the center augment the screen light. The Northgate is equipped for stereophonic sound, including surround speakers. Projection is by Simplex X-L mechanisms with Bausch Sc Lomb f/2.0 projection lenses and Peerless “Magnarc” lamps powered by Strong 60-ampere selenium rectifiers. Soundheads are Simplex, amplifiers and speakers AltecLansing. Fully air-conditioned, the Northgate has a combination heating and cooling system with a Chrysler-Airtemp central (1 Continued on page 43) 12 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 10, 1956