Theatre Catalog (1949-50)

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‘ COMFORT AND DIGNITY produce unequalled charm. Each Heywood-Waketield pillowed chair has an ash tray, and the floor is thickly carpeted. tion room, and the auditorium proper. The decorating firm, John C. Greer Associates of Washington, has made full dramatic use of color throughout, but the net total effect is one of sober dignity and good taste. Mauve predominates in the color scheme of the foyer and reception room. The two casement windows in the latter chamber are covered with satin drapes of blue and off-white satin stripes, while rich carpeting adds a luxurious touch to the floor. Small ornate lamp holders are set into the walls, and a number of colorful framed pictures pleasantly fill vacant spaces. Several pieces of comfortable, modern-Grecian furniture are situated in the reception room for relaxation and use by visitors. The entire decor of the reception room makes it a highly suitable spot for official functions which may well precede or follow many of the theatre’s showings. The doors leading off the reception room into the coat room and to the stairway are painted with lifelike Grecian heads. On the second floor are situated the rest rooms, projection booth, and rewind room. One enters the auditorium through gouble doors decorated with Grecian ueures also. The rear wall of the theatre 18 approximately 50 feet wide, but the 1949-50 THEATRE CATALOG OPENING NIGHT featured the attendance of President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman, the former here seated with Eric A. Johnston, President of the M.P.A. Standing are many industry leaders, left to right: Spyros Skouras, of 20th Century-Fox; Ned E. Depinet, of RKO-Radio; Jack Cohn, of Columbia; J. J. O'Connor, of Universal-International; Joseph H. Hazen, of Hal Wallis Productions; Major Albert Warner, of Warner Brothers; Nicholas M. Schenck, of Loew’s; Barney Balaban, of Paramount; and Theodore Black, 361