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Motion Picture News
Classic front of Rialto theatre, Louisville, Ky.
Million Dollar Rialto a Classic Temple of Silent Drama
Louisville Ky., Now Boasts of Largest House in South
With the recent opening of the Rialto million dollar theatre, Louisville, Ky., now boasts the largest and most beautiful theatre picture house in the south. Complete in every detail, it stands as a monument of the modern achievements of the motion picture industry. The Rialto is indeed a magnificent and wonderful temple of the silent drama. The house, seating 3,500, is owned by the Majestic Amusement Company. Louis J. Ditmar who is president of the association of Kentucky exhibitors is manager. J. E. Firnkoess, formerly with Paramount, is house manager. Joseph and Joseph were the architects and C. A. Koerner & Company, all of Louisville, were the contractors.
The first lobby is large and handsomely
finished in Caen stone, with wainscoting of Parayazzo marble and Rookwood pottery, with large mirrors imported from Belgium, set in antique gold frames. The ceiling is clone in cream with delicate shadings of rose. The grand lobby is impressive and beautiful with more big mirrors and marble panels, and graced with several immense but exquisite crystal chandeliers, imported from Czecho-Slovakia, each containing a thousand crystals and requiring twenty-four hours for one man to put together. The centerpiece of beauty here is the grand stairway, all of marble, the balustrade pure white, flanked with stately columns of the same material. It is doubtful if this lobby will soon be exceeded in America for classic beauty and magnificence.
The broad promenade opens to right of the grand stairway, and is one of luxury and quiet elegance. Italian renaissance in treatment. Candle chandeliers and brackets rule here. The walls are panelled in gum, with silk damask of gold and blue. Eight-foot torchieres ornament special niches. Velvet carpets are used, the furniture is upholstered in silk velour. The men's smoking room opens off one end of this promenade, and both a lounge and ladies' rest rooms at the other. The latter is exquisitely done in gray and gold with blue and gold upholstery.
A small corner, now used for checkroom, will be used in the winter to serve tea and sandwiches : artistic, collapsible chairs will be placed in the promenade