The Daily Herald from Everett, Washington • 7

Wednesday Evening THE EVERETT DAILYHERALD May 15 1935 Contemporary Moderne Motif ollowed in the Roxy Bjarne Moe Planned Artistic Showhouse "MwWr a cap ia' 'Tups 4S OS fbptw for Its Management ormer Everett Resident Considers His Assign ment Homecoming Event Consulting Engi yy yyneer for Large Northwest Concern At was true with Charles the new manager the assignment to work on the new Roxy theater was for Bjarne Moe Seattle archi tect and designer of the structure a homecoming event Mr Moe came to Everett when he was 3 years old and attended grade and high schools here He is also a graduate of the University of Washington Upon' completing his studies at university Mr Moe associatedMiself for some time with prom inent Seattle architectural firms having been with Schach Young Myers and in the office of Reamer who built the Metropoli tan Building company's group of buildings in Seattle as well as sev eral prominent theaters in the Northwest or the past three years Mr Moe has been consulting engineer for Shearer company This firm specializes in theater furnishings and building and its operations cover the entire Pacific coast Commenting upon the architec ture of the new Ruxy theater Mr Moe states that it was designed and built in the contemporary moderne manner which through a Normative period of the last few years is unquestionably here to stay he says been built with the idea of giving the patron the utmost in safety and comfort and at the same time maintaining harmonious surround New Roxy Theater to Open to Public Here on Thursday Evening (Continued rom Page Six) Avenue theater Seattle and is the only one of its kind in this city Its outstanding feature experts claim is a clear lifelike quality of tone accomplished through exten sion of the frequency range of sounds that can be recorded and heard without distortion In musi cal numbers the effect of the widened range of sound is pro nounced The stage is equipped with three curtains one of gold one of green and one of rust The screen and reproduced The result is that the reproducing horns are on roller both high and low extremes such bearing trucks and can be re as whispers and thunder can be moved with a minimum of effort to raggjjgjTp' Bjarne Moe formerly of Everett designed the handsome Roxy thea ter which will hold its grand open ing Thursday evening at 7 Mr Moe Is prominent in building circles of the Pacific Northwest clear the stage for other presenta tions desired Three dressing rooms one below and two at stage levels have been provided Two exits and a stage door provide egress from the rear The heating and ventilating equipment installed by the Tait Engineering company of Everett is proclaimed the most modern in the Northwest The ventilating system is thermostatically con trolled and Is capable of furnishing 75000 cubic feet of air every min ute and giving complete change of pure controlled air every two and one half minutes The entryway of the theater is as attractive as the lobby The under side of the marquee has been painted a bright white and is bril liantly lighted Against the white of the building the Chinese red and trimmed doors stand out in marked contrast' The floor of the entryway is of a multi patterned rubber Centering in front of the doors is a neon topped double faced display case one side Jan Kiepura Stare in eature Picture at the New Theater a "My Heart Is Tops Unit Program and Is the Successor to Popular Musicale of Recent Months "Be Mine The" new Roxy theater 2920 22 Colby avenue will open its doors to the public at 1 Thursday evening Jan Klepura the screen's latest singing star will be seen in the feature presentation of the opening bill Heart Is Mr Klepura was a success in the production Mine and his current picture is now in its second week in Seattle ollowing the opening en gagement announces Charles manager the theater will open daily at 12:45 The first show will start at 1 and continu ous showings will be presented un til late in the evening Starting with the opening pro gram for the gala premier of the Roxy theater Thursday evening Mr Charles has announced a defi direct to the Roxy from New York by airmail Mr Charles decided on the 12:45 opening he stated because he felt that such an hour would give business men the opportunity to see the latest news as well as a diversified program of short subjects after their lunch hour The complete opening program for the Roxy includes the following first run subjects from major mo tion picture studios: Unit No 1 Universal News reel bringing the latest world events with announcements by Graham McNamee Unit No 2 Letters" a short novelty Unit No 3 a Homecoming Ww' stsS tAfyew Wk MRS CHARLES Among those to whom the open ing of the Roxy theater has proven a homecoming is Sirs Charles wife of the "manager of the new show honse Mrs Charles formerly Miss Doris Paschke was an Everett girl She was married to Mr Charles when he was in this city as manager of theaters for the Star Amusement company technicolor novelty Unit No 4 Brevi nite policy of one major feature production embellished with a carefully selected program of short subjects One of the featured short subjects will be the Universal News Weekly to be shown on every program with changes twice weekly Universal Weekly will be off the being rushed showing pictures now playing and the other side showing coming events The south front of the building is given over to the office the' win dow of which is also utilized as a display case Adjoining the office is the ticket office On the north side of the front is a small store the Roxyette whehein will be fea tured candles ice creams and other delicacies SUCCESS and GOOD WISHES to the new Roxy Theatre Millwork by A Nord Co 2202 Hewitt Main 73 featuring Eddie Peabody and many other stage and radio per sonalities Unit No 5 Jack a car toon comedy in color Unit No 6 Heart Is Call the feature production star ring Jan Klepura ISLAND REALM GIRL8 SCHOOLS COLOMBO Edu cation of girls and women has been abandoned in the Maidive islands' 400 miles west of Ceylon on the ground that it ia sirable for the welfare of the peo ple and modern constitutional gov The islands are ruled by a native sultan ANCIENT RENCH GRAVE OPENED CHALONB 3UR MARNE rance A burial vault 9000 years old discovered by workmen at V1U evenard was hollowed out of the chalk It measured 9 feet in length 7 feet in width and 9 feet In and containedhu man bones trinkets of itefie and shell a flint knife and several arrow heads DIVIDEND IS AUTHORIZED NEW YORK May The American Telephone and Telegraph company today authorized the usual quarterly dividend 2969 on the capita! stock The distribution will amount to nearly 42000000 Congratulations to the ROXY THEATRE Show House 2 liwl SECURITY NATIONAL BANK EVERETT PRICES THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU! ADULTS CHILDREN ANY seat 15 10 PLUS lc STATE TAX NEW as Dawn The ROXY brings to the people of Everett and vicinity the most modern theatre in the Northwest The new Western Electric Wide Range Sound System (the only one in Everett) reprodu cing talking and musical pictures free from distortion with perfect volume and clear quality The newest and finest motion picture pro jec tion Equipment on the Pacific Coast Mono graph De Luxe Projectors Brenkert Suprex Lighting Units Daytone Suprex Screen The most modern Heating and Ventilating Equipment capable of furnishing 75000 cubic feet of air every minute with a complete change of pure fresh air every 2y2 minutes New modern Hey wood Wakefield stream lined theatre fully upholstered properly spaced to give you the utmost comfort set in the new bowl type steel and concrete floor with perfect vision from any seat in the theatre Lighting fixtures of moderne contemporary design built especially for the Roxy Luxurious carpets and draperies innova tions and surprises TRULY THE LAST WORD In Motion Picture Theatres Unit No 1 Unit No 2 Unit No 3 Unit No 4 Unit No 5 Unit No 6 The Major Studios Contribute IRST RUN ATTRACTIONS for OUR INAUGURAL 0 PICTURES PRESENTS A Novelty With a Chuckle PARAMOUNT PICTURES Presents A Novelty in Technicolor MONOGRAM PICTURES PRESENTS A Clever Cartoon in Color I UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENTS With YOUR AVORITE RADIO and STAGE STARS JAN KIEPURA The Sensational Singing Star of MINE in UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENTS UNIVERSAL NEWS WEEKLY Direct rom New York By Air Mail YOUR INDEPENDENT ROXYwatre tmf uoxapiacf hffvfdft Heart Is Now In Its Second Week at the Blue Mouse Theatre Seattle Continuous PERORMANCES I Daily DOORS OPEN 12:45 To the People of Everett and It is with a great deal of pleasure and pride that we present to you the new and beautiful ROXY THEATRE Keeping pace with other cities on the Paci fic Coast Everett may now boast of an indepen dently operated competitive theatre which brings to the people of this vicinity the highest type entertainment at minimum admission prices Our programs will be selected from the best pictures of all the some first run others return showings of outstanding which have been shown only at higher prices Good entertainment will at all times prevail and will be presented in a manner that is made pos sible only with the superior equipment of the Roxy The Roxy staff has been carefully selected and efficiently trained to give you the utmost in courteous attentive service Upwards of $8500000 has been expended to bring to you not only Show Place of Ever but the finest equipped and most modern theatre in the Pacific Northwest a distinct asset to the City of Everett and a place of amusement of which you may well be proud Make the ROXY your weekly habit you will see the best entertainment at prices well within the reach of all presented in surroundings of luxurious comfort and in an atmosphere of cheerful and homelike friendliness Sincerely CHARLES Manager.