Boxoffice-January.07.1950
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Elegance With Economy<br />
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emphasis to the lapis blue which predominates by being carried<br />
over the ceiling and on the walls around the murals as far down<br />
as the dado. Here the plum-red is picked up in a large-scaled<br />
fluted pattern, both decorative and practical.<br />
The seats are lapis blue, as is the drapery forming the proscenium<br />
and the main stage curtain. The screen curtains are in<br />
molten gold.<br />
Now it can be seen plainly how these hangings form a complete<br />
inner decorative wall. No one would ever suspect there is nothing<br />
behind them but the outside masonry wall. The theatre's name<br />
provides the key to the impressive murals forming the main<br />
decorative embellishment of the auditorium. Against the background<br />
that seems aquatic, heroically scaled, rhythmic marine<br />
plant-forms are woven into a flowing composition.<br />
AQUATIC COLORS IN AUDITORIUM<br />
The colors are also aquatic in character—coral, rose-coral,<br />
aquamarine, sand and marine blues and foam-white for accent<br />
are brought out by the soft lighting from the trough above. The<br />
simplicity and richness of the interior designate this theatre as<br />
outstanding in contemporary theatre design.<br />
The Mayland auditorium shows a color scheme of deepest<br />
cobalt blue carried over the ceiling and around the frame of the<br />
side murals. Off-white striping mnning full length from front<br />
to back of the auditorium makes an attractive pattern under the<br />
down-lights. Ceilings of both theatres are worthy of note in the<br />
finesse with which they avoid complicated or expensive architectural<br />
handling. The ceilings cari-y their share of the decoration<br />
and yet maintain an architectural and structural simplicity.<br />
The stage curtains are silver-gold and the proscenium draping<br />
in magenta-red is essentially the same as in the Lake except<br />
that the curtain curve ends against the solid magenta-painted<br />
walls of the proscenium.<br />
Here, too, proscenium walls are formed solely by curtain over<br />
masonry. Auditorium seats blend in with the hangings and<br />
deepest magenta is used for the dado.<br />
The glory of this auditorium lies in the two murals which run<br />
the complete length of the side walls. These designs are no<br />
casual fantasies but are based on research done at Chicago's<br />
famous Adler Planetarixmi. Done in black light, they constitute<br />
not one decorative effect but two completely different compositions<br />
in color and content under white and ultra violet lightings.<br />
Under regular light they depict composition of rolling cloud<br />
forms, nebulae, stars and planets, executed in the most ethereal<br />
blues from palest azure to deepest midnight. Under black light<br />
the fluorescent paints which are interwoven with the regular<br />
painting, reveal a completely different design which shows the<br />
symbols of the various stellar arrangements. The luminescent<br />
outline of Leo the Lion appears superimposed over the star<br />
formation which bears its name. The glowing outline of The<br />
Scales appears to imite the separate stars of its particular formation,<br />
and so on.<br />
On one side are the constellations and zodiac signs of the<br />
southern sky, while on the other side appear those of the northern<br />
hemisphere. The symbols used in these murals were patterned<br />
from exquisite lithographs in a very rare antique Italian<br />
almanac discovered during the last war and given to the Adler<br />
Planetarium.<br />
We hope you will agree that even this cursory examination<br />
of these two theatres backs up our judgment that they are fine<br />
examples of contemporary houses any way you look at them<br />
as for design, construction methods, maintenance, convenience,<br />
comfort, economy and even luxury for the patron.<br />
Above all, we hope you will see how this has been achieved<br />
through early and thorough planning, not just in the main features<br />
but complete integration down to the last carpet, curtain,<br />
settee, lamp and even smoking accessory.<br />
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