The Moving picture world (December 1920)

928 MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 18, 1920 For Color Effects Use $#> Hoods Colors Are For 5 or 10 w and 25 or 40 W. Lamps Beautiful, Brilliant and Permanent Hoods Slip Over the Bulb Way Ahead of Dip and Less Costly Reynolds Electric Co. 2653 W. Congress St., Chicago, 111. Making Lobby and Vestibule Conform with the Characteristics of the House By ELMER GEORGE KIEHLER UARANTEED Mailing Lists MOVING PICTURE THEATRES Every State — total 22,170: by States, 15.10 Per M 1.057 film exchanges $7.10 313 manufacturers and studios 4.00 368 machine and supply dealers 4.00 Further Particular*: A.F.WILLIAMS, 166 W. Adams St., Chicago ImnJWrteK Automatically supplies only such voltage as arc requires. No waste of current In ballast HERTNER ELECTRIC CO. West 114th Street Cleveland, Ohio IT is needless to repeat that "The first impression is the lasting one"; it stamps itself indelibly in the mind of the observer. Knowing this to be a fact, the architect must bear same in mind in designing theatre lobbies and entrance vestibules. It is not only essential that the theatre, itself, be attractively and beautifully designed and decorated, but it is also imperative that those portions of the building preceding the auditorium should be as expressive as the auditorium itself. They must possess an air of warmth, cosiness and comfort, and, in a sense, should tend to portray the character of the auditorium. The accompanying illustrations of outer vestibules of notable Detroit houses are of two distinct types, the" vestibule in No. 1 is that Orchestra Hall, in which two box offices are used, one on either side, one being used for advance sale tickets. The photograph shown in No. 2 is the outer vestibule of the Kramer Theatre, this being a motion picture and vaudeville theatre running continuous shows. White Alabama Marble Wainscoting Orchestra Hall is located in one of the very busy sections of the city and faces the main thoroughfare. Great care was exercised in the selection of the materials for this vestibule. White Alabama marble was used for the wainscoting and field of the floor, and the base and borders of York fossil. The doors and cabinet work in this lobby are of dark walnut and the doors panelled with white holly and ebony inlay. Antique iron was used for the grilles in the lobby and these have been decorated with gold and polychrome touches. By the use of these materials, with just a little cleaning, the entire lobby may be entirely refreshed. These materials were not, however, selected purely on the mer its of the service they would give, but also because they adapted themselves well to the composition. The design and the colors of the marble, together with colorings of the grilles and the lighting fixtures, gives a very imposing and monumental effect. Pink Tennessee Marble In the vestibule shown in No. 2 a ceramic tile was used with a gray and green border. The marble for the base of this vestibule is of pink Tennessee. The walls are of Keene's cement, panelled with wood moulds and the pilasters are of wood, having composition caps. These materials are very serviceable and quite adaptable to houses in suburban districts. The general color sceheme of this lobby is green and gold, with touches of polychromes in the gold caps, pilasters and in the lighting fixtures. The cornices are also enriched with snatches of colors. Box Office Is Spacious One will note by the photograph that the entire audience can be controlled by one ticket taker and directed either to the main floor or to the balcony. This eliminates the expense of an extra usher. The box office is very spacious and the ticket seller has an unobstructed view of the entire lobby. In the case of Orchestra Hall, this being a theatre in which advance sales are made, it is always well to screen the ticket racks so as to enable the ticket seller to properly dress the house by careful sale of seats. An Elliptical Lobby No. 3 is the lobby of Orchestra Hall. This is elliptic in plan, with a spacious white Alabama marble stairway at either end, and on either side of these stairways are gorgeous torcheres, the shafts of which are covered with velvet velour and the lanterns of same are of bronze. The walls are of dark walnut panelled with white holly and ebony inlay. The cornice is glazed in light brown, the ornamentation being wiped to a lighter shade, and enriched with tones of blue and red. A very pretentious polychrome fixture hangs in the center of the lobby. For Amphitheatre Types No. 4 and the illustration shown on this page are foyers in the amphitheatre type of buildings, No. 4 being the foyer of the Rialto Theatre and the latter that of the Majestic Theatre. The ramps on either side of the lobbies lead to the vomitories which enter the auditorium at several points. The floors of both lobbies are of linotile, which is a most satisfactory flooring, particularly for the ramps. Adjoining these foyers are cosy lounge rooms which are very cleverly furnished and beautifully decorated, each lounge having its fireplace and giving an unusual home-like effect to the entire foyer. Wicker furniture with cretonne covers has been used in both of these schemes, which develops an air of cheer and comfort. A FOYER IN AN AMPHITHEATRE TYPE HOUSE The illustration is from a photograph of the Majestic, Detroit, designed by C. Hoivard Crane amite Lreioam Company 200 FIFTH AVENUE FIRE K.HTING APPLIANCES FOR THEATRES Fire Protection Engineers NEW YORK CITT