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PAGE TWENTY HERALD TELEPHONE 23125 THE HERALD MIAMI FLORIDA HERALD TELEPHONE 23125 SATURDAY JANUARY 11927 ASSOCIATE OWNERS OF NEW THEATER i Si- mately 1600 There are 38 rows of seats and foJt rows of loges arranged in three sections The loges are so located that there are twe rows half way back In the theaie and two rows at the rear The loge are filled with comfortable uphold stered chairs The aisles are covered with carpets In deep oriental Spanish colors The exits are ample and arranged along both the sides and rear so as to be easily reached 1 here that attention has been concentrated and by means of a large vaulted entry flanked by twisted columns and crowned by a rich cornice treatment over which the composition Is carried up gracefully to a well-treated ornamental parapet an effort has been successfully made to draw the eye to this point It is here at this entry and back of a beautiful stone fountain and pool that one passes a free-standing ornamented wood ticket booth in the Spanish style and enters through wrought iron gates into the lobby Along either side of the lobby are arranged illuminated bulletin boards surrounded by ornamental wood frames The foyer Immediately be yond the lobby is a long room covered with a rich carpet In well selected colora From here one can obtain a view through a row of arches containing ornamented iron grilles into the auditorium proper and it is from here that one passes by easy and luxuriously carpeted stairs on either side to the lounge and retiring rooms on the second floor The lounge rooms are well appointed richly carpeted and give a view through open arches down into the auditorium The auditorium is in keeping with the architectural spirit of the whole a large open room marked by plain surfaces emphasized by well placed architectural detail and dominated by the elaborately treated proscenium it Impresses one with its restraint a restraint which is yet contrasted by elaboration where elaboration is required On looking into the auditorium the feeling that one has Is that he la gazing into a great room which opens onto a patio at either side For along the side walls are a series of double arches on twisted columns opening through fine wrought iron gates into a loggia or promenade Through these gates one has a vista of fountains playing a background of Meh masonry grilles in an old Spanish wall with subdued lights reflecting through the arches The walls of the auditorium are of texture plaster with antique color An ornamental cornice with rich color treatment runs along the walls and supports a dark blue covered celling In which are set highly ornamented colored grilles Large weil-designed chandeliers of wrought Iron are suspended from the ceiling and add to the antique effect The stage itself is set off by an elaborate proscenium treatment characterized by a huge receding moulded and ornamented arch On either side are the organ grilles two In the arch itself and one in each side treatment flanking the arch a treatment marked by a balcony and decorated arched opening containing the wood spindle organ grille The seating capacity is approxi 30 LANDLORDS BEHEADED LONDON Dec 31 Thirty Chines landlords have been beheaded by Communist peasants according to a Central News dispatch from Shanghai I II liilli! 1 limit jTt'f iJji tji! 1 ii Eleven Amusement Houses Have Combined Capacity For Tenth of Population nine moving picture play- house In operation and two theaters where regular stage plays are performed dally Paramount Enterprises Inc has provided for more than one-tenth of the population in the city limits of Miami to attend the performances at the eleven Paramount theaters simultaneously Considering the fact that some of the amusement houses in the Paramount chain have as many as six shows dally on a continuous performance basis It Is possible for more than COOOO people or more than one-third those who reside In the city according to the recent federal census to go to a Paramount-operated theater In the ten-hour period between one and 11 The names and approximate locations of the eleven theaters now being operated by Paramount Enterprises Inc are as follows: The Foto-sho Flagler street near First avenue the Olympia Flagler street and Second avenue the Fairfax Flagler street between Second and Third avenues The Flagler theater Flagler street and Third avenue the Temple theater Third street at the Miami river the Hippodrome Flagler between Second and Third avenues Paramount First avenue between Flagler and First street Community Lincoln Hoad Miami Beach Coral Gables Ponce do Leon Boulevard Coral Gables (jt I i 1 1 It! J1 1 I tf 5 1 I nt 1 1 1 1 I1 1 Left Irving Thomas with his business associate Fin Pierce In the Thoraas-Pteree Holding Company owners and builders of the new Coconut Grove theater valued with the site at approximately $500000 and aald to be among the finest in the South Both Mr Thomas and Mr Plerco have been active in both the material and clvle progress of the Coconut Grove section Mr Thomas has been a resident here since 1013 and Mr Pierce since 10114 They have been associated in business for 23 years THEATER STRUCTURE IS ARTISTIC TRIUMPH Both Interior and Exterior Designed and Decorated By Masters In Their Respective Arts Atmosphere of Fifteenth Century Transplanted To Modern Florida By Architects and Others MENJOU SHINES IN GRIFFITH FILM Tha Coconut Grove Theater Is a well-designed highly modern structure so arranged and so equipped as to meet the needs of any form of theatrical requirements The main portion of the building Is given over to the theater proper while the front portion facing on the two streets is of three stories and devoted to commercial purposes In general the architecture of the building is of that domestic' Spanish type produced in Valencia and Catalonia along the shores of the Medi terranean Sea during the fifteenth century a period rich in beautiful examples of that treatment which demands large wall surfaces emphasized by spots of highly intricate ornaments Exteriorly the building resolves Itself Into a three-story structure treated generally In a simple manner The plain facades of the two street fronts broken up merely by judiciously placed balconies and window treatment serve as a foil for the entrance to the theater proper It is S3 Men ou Fine As Prince Who Enjoys Victims Ruin No one can deny that Griffith in this latest piece of work has elicited remarkable performances from the quartet of principal players and It probably will be conceded generally that his direction of the love scenes in an Impoverished neighborhood and his work on those revealing fantastia orgies is masterful "In swinging from squalor to pomp depicting wretchedness on one side and passionate orgies on other Mr Griffith reveals himself a master and In this present offering he has mads a photo-drama that excels anything ha has done In recent years "It Is a marvelously beautiful film In which Mr Griffith has obtained some gorgeous lighting effects The producer draws his contrasts splendidly revelry being depicted with Us wantons and sordid tastes and then the gentle love of Mavis for Tempest "There are vistas in the scenes of reckless luxury that challenge the most discriminating eye Bright lights glisten during some periods and then soft shadows drift across the beflowered halls Women dressed none too extensively are beheld in a variety of poses" LETS AT THE andEEAT BLUE LANTERN RESTAURANT The Best Place To Eat In Hade COCOXUT GROVE (Beat Wishes for the New Theatre) OaOTio! Grove To Be Sure INSURE We Have a Policy For Fvery Need We are proud to have furnished the Insurance on the New Coconut Grove Theatre Buildina Will be presented formally to tine public at and at Doors Open fox inspection at i LOCATION INGRAHAM HIGHWAY AT CHARLES STREET A distinctive event dedicating to drama art music and mirth one of the finest theatres in the South The Management Also Announces With Pleasure An Indefinite Engagement of ARNOLD JOHNSON And His Famous 12-Piece Orchestra Offering Musical Prologues and Presentations Thomas-Cook Insurance Co Main Highway Coconut Grove Across the Street From Theatre Phone 252 WE CONGRATULATE The Owners of the New to order weather by the latest improved refrigeration COCONUT GROVE THEATER Opening Feature Attraction (Tonight and Thru Monday) Production SORROWS OF With ADOLPHE MENJOU Lya DePutti Ricardo Cortez Carol Dempster And Wish Them a Full Measure of Success POLICY OF OPERATION Doors Open Daily 130 1 Continuous Performances 2 Until 11 We Are Proud To Have Furnished Some of the Material for This Magnificent Structure CONTINUOUS MUSIC DAILY BY ARNOLD FAMOUS ORCHESTRA And a WURLITZER CONCERT GRAND ORGAN ADMISSION PRICES: Matinee: Adults 50c Children 25c Evenings: Adults 75c Children 50c NO ADVANCE IN PRICES TONIGHT OPERATED BY PARAMOUNT ENTERPRISES INC Peacock-Rice Company Building Materials Douglas and Bird Roads Coconut Grove Phones: 76 and Miami 9878 nil fiill i lllllllllllllllllllllll II lliilllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllillllll iiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiip.