Boxoffice-January.07.1950
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importance to the refreshment niche. Attention is forcibly called<br />
to the heavily framed and brilliantly hghted coming-attraction<br />
boards. The inverted bowl of the ceiling is lighted from the<br />
trough at the lower rim which illuminates smartly painted figures<br />
representing the four seasons of the year. Color and light<br />
in the ceiling are used in such a way as to give an impression of<br />
depth and the decorative sky-like atmosphere has the effect of<br />
lifting the spirits as well as the eyes.<br />
One wall of the powder room of the Lake Theatre is highlighted with<br />
a colorful mural treatment while on adjoining surface is mirrored from<br />
floor to ceiling for patron convenience.<br />
Lake Theatre presents a sumptuous interplay of expansive mirror<br />
with gold leaf frame, ebonized and gold tables flanking the plumred<br />
settees and carpet in custom-cut design of gray, bois de rose<br />
and sage green. Gold and ebony lamps illuminate the luxurious<br />
bank of planting below the mirror. An identical setting on the<br />
opposite wall gives a clean-cut coherence to the area.<br />
Coming attraction boards are set into plum and gold marbleized<br />
wall panels, while diffused illumination comes from the<br />
inverted trough ringing the ceiling bowl. Gold and gray designs<br />
above the doors to the foyer blend with the grayed surfaces of<br />
the doors themselves. In view of the theatre's location and<br />
patronage, the large-scaled and somewhat opulent effect is designed<br />
to appeal to a residential patronage.<br />
Now let's see how the lobby of the Mayland Theatre goes about<br />
attaining its particularly dramatic impact. This circular area,<br />
floored with colorfully banded terrazzo and walled in marblelike<br />
blocks of rich green and gold, is purposefully scaled to give<br />
This view of the foyer of the Lake Theatre shows the custom-created<br />
settees for waiting patrons. The refreshment stand is at the right.<br />
The standee-type foyers of the Lake Theatre increase the illusion<br />
of luxury while maintaining a very high degree of practicality.<br />
The large white tufted banquette dividing the center of the<br />
area is not only most decorative but provides generous waiting<br />
capacity.<br />
The plastic covering requires only wiping with a damp<br />
cloth should a spot appear. The luxuriant planting along the<br />
top is also made of plastic and requires no attention.<br />
The refreshment bar is set into its special niche and is conveniently<br />
serviced from a storage room at the rear. Brilliant<br />
lighting and a colorful composition painted on the off-white rear<br />
wall accent the unit sharply.<br />
The carpet is of gray and bois de rose, the ceiling of plum-red<br />
on the lower soffits and lapis blue around the light opening of<br />
off-white which permits blending and changing the color of light.<br />
The two shades of plum and lapis are carried down over both<br />
painted wall areas and in plastic wall covering. Again, the rich<br />
home-like quality of the room is noted in the soft colors, design<br />
and in such accessories as the distinctive lamps which carry<br />
beautiful plastic plantings.<br />
Hospitality sets the mood of the graceful ladies' powder room<br />
where again it is necessary to visualize the color scheme to get<br />
the full impact of this room. The grape colored carpet and wall<br />
area around the mirror is pointed up by two fuchsia plastic<br />
chairs and the off-white ceiling which affords even light reflection.<br />
The two walls flanking the mirror, one of which can be<br />
seen, are of pearl gray and are decorated in fuchsia, grape, offwhite,<br />
cei-ulean blue and accents of black. Against the opposite<br />
wall, natural wood tables with smart lamps and a telephone<br />
complete this charming room.<br />
In the Lake Theatre we see how thoroughly decoration of the<br />
foyer is integrated with that of the auditorium. The carpeting<br />
and general color scheme are continued here with a switch in<br />
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10 The MODERN THEATRE SECTION