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Evening Standard, Thursday, February 4, 1937 13 NEW WEST LILLI PALMER reaches top ranking in "The Great Barrier." THE STEELWORK FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF. STALLS, NEW BALCONY and STACE DESIGNED AND SUPPLIED By SMITH WALKER Ltd. 16, CAXTON STREET, WHITEHALL LONDON, S.W.1. 8993. THE new Gaumont, Haymarket, is next door to Piccadilly Tube Station.

It supersedes the Capitol, which suffered from the disadvantages of having stalls thirty feet above street level and a circle which had to be reached by lift. All this has been changed to what is virtually a new theatre built within old walls. There is a spacious foyer, situated on the site of the entrance to the former Kit-Cat Restaurant; a few steps down and a few steps up- lead respectively to stalls and circle. The Gaumont will seat 1300 people, 800 in the stalls and 500 in the circle. It will have a unique air-conditioning plant, and a new system of electric lighting and heating has been introduced.

SPRAYED SOUND But probably the most interesting technical feature of the Gaumont will be the revolutionary sound-reproduction system, the Duosonic, which "sprays" the sound to every part of the auditorium, eliminating blind spots." Interior decoration of the Gaumont is carried out in blue and fawn, and an attractive feature is the marble work in the foyer. The Compton organ, instead of rising from the floor, will slide out from a curtained recess at the right of the stage. To-night's opening will be attended by Queen Mary. It is in aid of the Safer Motherhood Appeal. of which Mrs.

Baldwin is chairman. All the CHAIRS including the Dunlo pillo uphol. stered Tub Chairs in the ROYAL CIRCLE Re production Furniture Period were installed by. for the also supplied Lounges TURNERS. been by has TURNER W.

W. TURNER Station Road, Northheld, Birmingham. London Office. 28, Newman Street, W.1. Also at Paris Gand.

J. E. HALL DARTFORD, KENT; SUPPLIED the Refrigerating Plant for use in conjunction with the Air Conditioning Equipment the GAUMONT, HAYMARKET. JOHN CROSSLEY SONS Manufacturers of all kinds of CARPETS for Cinemas, Theatres, etc. Works: Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, Yorks.

CLEANING of all external STONEWORK by guaranteed harmless process by SZERELMEY LTD. Rotherhithe New S.E.16. 80 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN STONE RENOVATION END SECRETS CINEMA OPENS TO-DAY OF THE GAUMONT HAYMARKET The film is the Gaumont-British adventure spectacle, The Great The Great Barrier 8 9 ARCHITECT (tor Reconstruction): W. E. TRENT, F.R I.B.A., F.S.I.

starring Richard Arlen, with Barry Mackay, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. It tells the story of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway across the Rockies. and is conceived on a scale hitherto unknown in British production. The Whole of the Heating, Ventilating and Hot Water Services by JOHN EVANS (S. M.I Ltd.

141-3, Easton Read, London, N.W.1 Eusten 1076. GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR RECONSTRUCTION LAUGHLIN HARVEY Telephones: 24, 2476 (2 lines). RICHARD ARLEN and BARRY MACKAY in The Great Barrier," with which the Gaumont will open. scene from the Gaumoni-British spectacle, "The Great Barrier." The electrical equipment at the Gaumont Theatre, Haymarket was installed by TROUGHTON YOUNG LTD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS 143 KNIGHTSBRIDGE LONDON SW1 4333 COMPTON ON THEATRE ORGANS THE BEST IN THE WORLD The Compton Organ marks the highest attainment vet achieved in the realm of music for the cinema and for broadcasting. Evidence of this is seen in the public demand for more organ broadcasts by the B.B.C.

from St. George's Fall. and from cinemas in all parts of the country in which Compton Organs have been installed. Compton Organs are British throughout. THE JOHN COMPTON ORGAN LTD.

CHASE- ROAD NORTH ACTON N.W.10 J. E. HALL DARTFORD, KENT, SUPPLIED the Refrigerating Plant in conjunction Air Conditioning Equipment the GAUMONT. HAYMARKET. The LUXURIOUS TUB CHAIRS in the ROYAL CIRCLE are upholstered with DUNLOPILLO CUSHIONING Life's Latest Lurury Menufactured by DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY Cambridge Street, Manchester, Seating Contractors: W.

W. TURNER co. Birmingham C.F.H. Canonbury LTD. Highbury Grove, London, N.5.

MODERN PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE by W. H. EARLEY, M.R.San.I. 14, Stockwell Road, London, S.W.9. Brixton 6461-2..