Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1945)

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Change Scene PnoUe^n No., 3 't hav« » small theatre with narrow audilori9h." Mfri^e exhibitor, "and although the walls are paneled in fabric I am tired of looking at those same empty comers on either tide o< the stage. How can I change the appearance o( mv .iinjitorium without too large an expenditure?" Mr. A. I. Kessler. Noveify Scenic Studios. New York, tackles the problem with the know how that has made his organizatiort a leader in the art of interior decoration he contour of a square, box-shaiK< flanking the stage, can be completri simple device of installing the pergola-lik» A. I. Kessler has developed tPii^ fi<\ in iadapted to meet several tyi" theatres have no exit doors ,i , , past it has become custom to place a pyi area of wall surface between the proscenini: side. Today the trend of interior decoration wall panels, which bre;iV m. i.l.w .il' ;)rr.-i. overall murals or ma^ the impression of roonn Where no exits exi of pillars and a <!< > " *rs as shown in the fli • vith severe corners .ippearancf by th« unit shown above va.v fhjtt it can 1« Many very narri.iw ige line and in th»iUe on lilt narr.nv , H corners on eiilH-r IS away t'rom fabric int<,» smalt mn' nit'^ i< their \<\ nr.., Ui.: i>{ artist Eugene Zakiiie's illustration ab-nt-. The back ni the unit cuts diagonally across the cortu-r and is covered with a rich drape of adequate fullness secured to the back of the cap and masking tlie entire area between the extreme columns. An ornamental motif can be placed on top of the cap and any desireti form of white plaster statuary can This decoration ca»> n< arest the audience 'ts so as to ^< I'lin be centered in the arch on tt . ? . be spotlighted from the rea' Such lighting units may bv trolled on dimmer^ if they art availa! When exit, doors are UKated in thi^ , , ■ , > \isually mm on either side of the stage and in sm b cases the decorative unit can be set away from the wall far enough to tnt ci legal exit area requirements. If this is done, a hr;!t-round coKunn will have to be placed against the wall with a small base bto<-k to fl<K>r level atid the cap returned to the wall. The curtain covering the rear of the unit catj be tableiiu draped to permit easy access to the fx-;- choice of materials will have to l>e governed by li.»cal and ~;a'.. requirt'ments in individual theatres but a goo<l theatrici' li itrt will b< able to soUv such minor problems.