The Daily Herald from Everett, Washington • 10

Greetings to the I 1 ox Balboa Theater I it I I Contractors for Great Western Theatre Electric wiring Equipment Inc I Sand Telephones 2321 Ave 3 Seattle Wn H' 1 i i MUTO 7 Tuesday Evening Ornate Exterior of New ox Balboa i A EXTJshIOB view of the handsome new ox Balboa theater being opened Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the ox Everett theaters inc The house was deeiBnwi nartiiiriv jsed here 1 throated sdL in the Rumbaugh 1 i General Contractors for the Done by the BALBOA THEATRE NEW OX THEATER Another Asset to a Greater Everett OX Seattle Wash exterior at night The lobby of the new ox Balboa is decorated in the Spanish mis sion style The patron enters the house to view a small alcove rep HOUSE WAS BUILT PARTICULARLY OR TALKING PICTURES ORNATE AUDITORIUM ACCOMMODATES 800 Welcome to the New SAM TOLLESON Prop 2717 18 Rockefeller Main 848R ii Spanish Architectural Motif Carried Out By Builder It is gratifying to one who has spent the major part of his business life in the city of Everett to note the whole hearted loyalty and faith in the fu ture of the the eagerness to grow and help develop one of the finest cities on the Pacific coast And such is the spirit of its busi ness and professional its indus trial leaders and its home owners EVERETT SHEET METAL WORKS Everything Is in readiness for the dedication Wednesday of I the handsome new ox Balboa theater on Wetmore avenue be tween Hewitt avehue and Callfnr I nia street The theater opens at ociock ana wui oe open con tinuously afternoon' and evening the remainder of the week start ing next Monday on its regular schedule of afternoon and evening presentations The ox Balboa theater repre senting an estimated expenditure of 175000 is carried out in a Spanish motif The exterior of the house is of Cream colored brick trimmed in red and the entrance is surmounted by a marquee of the same color ntted witn sue white lamps embody ing an excluslxe ox West Coast theaters design The entrance is semi elliptical with a ticket office flanked by two double doors The decorative scheme for the entrance offers a metallic hammered gold effect An electric sign bearing the name of the theater and with adjust able lettering for attractions over hangs the marquee Two tint chandeliers each holding 76 lamps illuminate the entrance 8 of rfold ixtures in wrought iron carry out the Spanish old world motif A rich carpet with a black foundation and old rose and ap ple green pattern covers the lobby and the floor throughout the thea ter The ox Balboa auditorium is of the stadium type! with entrance to the theater seats by means of ramps leading from the lobby to points in the center of the audi torium This feature dispenses with multiple aisles and exists about the rear of the theater and is said to be particularly adapted to the successful and etfeclent use of sound and talking equipment Interior lighting is effected by VENTILATION MARQUEE and General Sheet Metal Work vb ri by tie bx Everett theatersHnc The house was designed particularly for showing talking picture presents adium typ auditorium accommodates SOO Equipment Includes the latest movletane vitaphone devices ana a large Wurntzer organ May 284929 I if 1 A THE EVERETT DAILY HERALD UV Ji lew ox Balboa Theater Opens Wednesday at 2 eight parchment chandeliers Em bodying three cardinal colors light The lamps offer a comblna tion of colors controlled hy dim gg mere in the projection room The lights may be made to blend to change the entire interior decora tive effect Eight hundred cush ion alr seats are located on W1 floor in the' theater being so Stetete sMlMlmiivtl di urriuiKCU jctkvp open spaces and affording the Mst possible reception for souq4 pic tures Thi auditorium itself is finished in a color scheme of dark red and gold affording an unusually reit tul aspect The motif carries out the Spanish decorative idea Thue is cove work embracing a series arches the colors of which blend harmoniously with the general scheme Drapes at the sides of the thea ter and on the stage are of life caded gold cloth The grand drape is of deep red showing hand painted designs The proscehium arch is flanked by pairs of twisted Spanish pillars The stage is of sufficient size to accommodate such stage attrac tions as may be brought to the theater The floors" of the auditorium are of wood an innovation in present day theater construction and adopted as an acoustic feature in houses offering the all talking presentation The floors are said to eliminate all echo and to equalize the sound throughout the house The new ox Balboa theater is eouinned with complete Western Electric talking picture apparatus of the latest and most experislve type The device to be used nere emnlovins a large double 4m MMMAfft 3 A 4m A hft recently opened ox theater in Seattle A large Wurlitzer organ has been installed The pipe or gan will be used in connection with chimes placed at various points about the auditorium The generator and battery room and projection room are located to the rear of the auditorium In the former alternating current will be transformed into direct current for the use of the electrical devices in the theater The pro jection booth is equipped with two Simplex 'projectors of the latest mechanical type and Western $1 (Contlnued on Page Twelve) lood lights will illuminate the resenting a balcony from which a marine vista is offered The other walls of the Idbby are finished in travertine plaster the decorative scheme being a combination of pastel shades with an overglaze OL JU' Mra 1 4 7 B' I I 1 I I 't Um fc fl I LI II 1 9 9 1 1 I 'I Iw "a It I 5 21V Mi KI4 kJ TMBLtjKJ roii iYImwMM wl T1 4l Mm ymiwgnfiK svv In IjEIKIkS SHKHmI Met i rmSI WwTOjIUmI 1 24 VrfeL IsflMEMl Mak? Ibm 3 pi 3 1 TWKwt UUB haMB9IUUUPLNI llU VA WlUUr X21AI HIH GRAND OPENING Continuous Performance 4 You know the half of until you see and hear Clara speak from the screen in her latest wild adventure at college with her gang of dazzling darlings of the Double the appeal of any other Bow picture OX MOVIETONE NEWS and ACTS They Speakor Themselves Wednesday Afternoon at 2 4 Miss This Gala Occasion 4 41OW AT TAT VTKTH picture By the author of Directed by Dorothy Arzner A Paramount All Talking Picture GILBERT BERRY on the Wurlitzer THE THEATER for Talking OX BALBOA Qlam I 'Xzrr invites you toZJewild PARTY ADMISSION Matinee: ChUdren 10c AJIhM AUUAMI Evenlnra! 5M II i 1 '4 1 I II I I I A I I i I II 9 I I i II 11 1 1 11 II TTtt Bii Dally from 2 Zy yv GtonmzW ALL TALKING XZ 7 'Al AA if AL ml vllMSi JL a jnftM BwlM uByiaifP I I I 1.