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Motion Picture News
October 4 , 1 930
Follozi'ing Colonial Precedence Are the Exterior Lines of Cape Cod's Colony Theatre
New England Converts Old Colonial Church Into a Modern Theatre
WHEN Raymond Moore, owner of the Cape Playhouse at Dennis in Cape Cod, proposed to add a modern picture house to his group, several interesting problems were presented. Dennis is one of the oldest towns on the Cape and in consequence the architecture follows colonial precedence. The Playhouse itself is an old Colonial Church converted into a theater. It presents New York shows and first-run pictures in twoweek bills and caters to the summer colony of the surrounding district.
Thus, it was determined to give to the new Cinema simplicity to conform to the colonial architecture of Cape Cod and yet be comfortable and luxurious enough to suit a high-type audience. To add to these difficulties it was proposed to cover the auditorium with an ultra modern ceiling decoration painted by Rockwell Kent. Reproductions of this appeared in Motion Picture News for Sept. 6th.
The exterior of the theatre as shown in the accompanying cut follows the precedent of the early Cape Cod church in its simple dignity. The exterior is painted white with green blinds. The arcades along the side are used for serving coffee and tea between performances. Inside, the lobby was designed to be a transition between the colonial exterior and the modern interior. The
By ALBERT EASTON POOR
Architect
lower walls are panelled and painted a warm grey ; the upper walls and ceiling are painted a light sky blue. The lighting is concealed in the cornice above the panelling.
The auditorium seats a total of 317. Thirty-eight of these seats are in a shallow balcony at the rear. The chairs are especially designed arm chairs with space enough between rows so that patrons
may remain seated and still allow people to pass comfortably in front of them. The chairs are covered in apricot colored suede cloth and the woodwork in lacquered black. The ceiling is in the form of an eliptical vault springing from a high wainscot. This ceiling, representing the constellations, of the sky and the milky way, is in tones of deep blue, (Continued on page 107)
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