The Peninsula Times Tribune from Palo Alto, California • 11

NEW GUILD THEATRE OPENS TOMORROW ABSTRACT DESIGN IS USED IN DECORATING JwM i raK tyr JET jbxhuASl IK 1 rapl rrfr Mfcy zZ 'z i S'TpplW iS'lii rWyrn i 1 mfTT: 1 i I tH 'j Jff 440 4 irst nighters will have some thing to talk about when they see the new Guild Theatre ac cording to all predictions In the past theatregoers have been accustomed to see what may be termed more or less a motif in so far as interior decoration is concerned In the Guild however artist Gale San tocono and his staff have created an illusion that has never before been used in the ater decoration Drapes title curtain rugs and all decorations are of a warm rich ensemble The Kroehler push back chairs are the most practical and comfortable type and are spaced with greater re gard for ease than is used in any standard theatre auditorium A 200000 BTU gas furnace all new sound and projection equipment not to mention the other appointments in and about the theatre have been installed with the maximum in comfort being the keynote in planning One of the most unusual fea tures in the foyer of the Guild is the planting area where flow ers will actually grow The Guild may truly be called the ultra in theatre design I MANAGER NEW THEATRE APPOINTED James Stephens vice president and general manager of West side Theatres affiliated with the Peninsula units known as Menlo Mayfield Amusement Co and Menlo Theatre Co Inc an nounces through District Man ager Hal Honore the appoint ment of Mrs Marjorie Hamm Gray as manager of the new Guild Theatre Mrs Gray brings to the Penin sula a wealth of theatrical back ground having been active in theatre operation for over ten years Her experience has been in diversified fields of theatri cal operation and has embraced such cities as Klamath alls Ore Eureka ortuna Pleasan ton Hayward Newman Modes to Monterey and Gustine Calif Of interest to patrons of the Guild Theatre should be the fact that the manager is also one of the owners of the theatre In commenting to a Times reporter during a recent inter view Mrs Gray said: am proud and happy to have been ap pointed resident manager of a theatre that is so near and dear to my family and myself It goes without saying that my policy will be to give personal service as I plan to greet every patron of the Guild Theatre from the very first eve of its operation I also want to express my apprecia tion to Mr Honore our district manager who has been a part of the theatre scene on the Pen insula for many years for his counsel and help in making my appointment so pleasant in the few short days I have been here NOEL COWARD STORY HAPPY TO OPEN NEW GUILD THEATRE The opening attraction at the new Guild Theatre Happy while being a British im portation is merely the fore runner of a long parade of rench Italian Russian as well as other British releases The Guild will be the lan headquarters theatrical ly on the Peninsula urther more it will be operated strictly for the pleasure of those who enjoy only the finest in filmfare and for tnosa who nave lost in terest in the usual run of pic tures We herewith quote Mr Louis Untermeyer one of many thinking people who writes a film enthusiast until lately I had stopped going to the movies I had grown up but the pictures had not almost everything of fered was for age mental ity and I looked in vain for areflection of the world of reality Chance brought me into a theatre that was showing A week later I saw Happy Authen ticity had entered the world of make believe the moving shad ows took on substance Ordinary people attained new dimensions Their small but pressing prob lems wrere my own it was easy to identify myself with these half dillusioned half romantic and always creditable men and women The sense of artistic maturity so richly projected in the pano ramic Henry is what intensifies the Prestige pictures of Arthur Rank A salutary antidote to the standardized for mulas these pictures are not bound by the limitations of the past I welcome them not only as a writer and occasional edu cator but as an individual seek ing adult entertainment and emotional In the famous Shakespearean line Happy Breed of Noel Coward has found as he usually does an apt title for this story of one English family be tween World Wars I and II It is a cavalcade that covers only twenty years but with the typical Coward touch he has brought to life and made a fas cinating cinema storv of the simple everyday things that go to make the ordinary life of an Englishman Happy is the story of rank Gibbons the hus band and father (Robert New ton) and Ethel his wife (Celia Johnson) and the children Vi (Eileen Erskine) Queenie (Kay Walsh) and Reg (John Blythe) their Aunt Syl (Alison Leggatt) and Grandma lint (Amy Ve ness) Next door lives Bob Mitch ell (Stanley Holloway) a wartime crony of rank Gibbons with his son Billy (Johnny Mills) The story opens with a vision of London rooftops stretching endlessly rank has just been and is trying to be come readjusted to life at home with his family even to Aunt devoted enthusiasm over the various THEATRES ANNOUNCE POLICY District Manager Hal Honore after conferring with his resi dent managers prior to the open ing of the new GUILD has re quested that the policies of the PARK and GUILD be outlined as follows: At the GUILD Theatre the box office will open at 6:45 daily from Monday through riday in clusive There will be two com plete shows each week night with one imported feature pic ture plus suitable short sub jects exhibited at each perform ance All seats will be 90c includ ing ederal tax The GUILD will be strictly a class theatre op erated on a similar fashion to the Clay and Larkin Theatres in San rancisco and the Elm wood Theatre in Berkeley By special arrangement with the foreign language classes at Stanford University it is possi ble that special afternoon per formances may be held as part of the visual education plan The box office will open at 1:45 on Saturdays and Sundays the show running continuously from 2 on these days At the PARK Theatre the doors will open at 6:45 daily on Monday through riday at 1:45 on Sunday for a continuous per formance but will open at 5:45 on Saturday evenings for gen eral patronage due to the spe cial kid matinee which is a part of the service every Sat urday at 1 Doors open at 12:30 on Saturdays and a spe cial show not on the regular program is screened for Menlo's youngsters PARK THEATRE YEAR OLD HiSWWSWWWWWM Hk It i I Hi If PARK Theatre sister to the new GUILD and recog nized as the most comfortable showhouse has just celebrated its first birthday Constructed a year ago March 14th it attracts moviegoers from all parts oi the Bay Area due io its policy and comfort Robert Winslow is resident manager of the Park and is ably assisted by Betty Warren MENLO PARK MERCHANTS WELCOME GUILD THEATRE TO THE NEW GUILD MENLO CAMERA SHOP 654 SANTA CRUZ AVE Phone Palo Alto 2 6724 EXPERT PHOTO INISHING PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERAS EQUIPMENT CONGRATULATIONS GUY ALERTON Manufacturing Jeweler 211 El Camino Real SUCft 'Weddings SZJIItertotts Weddininffe 0 AUk LU ARTHUR RANK THIS HAPPY BREED b9th the NOEL COWARD'S AVORITE CINEMA CLASSICS 6 OREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURES EXCLUSIVELY Celia JOHNSON MlfK RNCPVNTtt John MILLS JmCTAIIQHJ Stanley HOLLOWAY 'Mlf I fNCOUNUf THE SWEEP AND MAJESTY THE TENDERNESS AND DARING ENCOUNTER DEDICATED TO COMORT AND QUIET OR THE COMPLETE SATISACTION THOSE WHO ENJOY THEINESTIN A CINEMA ART DOORS OPEN 6:45 MONDAY THRU RIDAY SATSanoSUNS ALLSEATS 90 INCLUDING ED TA Robert NEWTON'COO MAN our i i i THEATRE DISTINCTION ZV THE SHADOW AMOUS EL PALO ALTO 1 BLOCKSSOUTHO THE PARK THEATRE Ost the 0 Ar A 1 rJ 8 jiH A Bj BS 7 ntuxiuw Viat I 'i MeI EK i 1 1 1 fc 1 ii an iSu 1 1 1 I vBEa Ma 3u 'v AHM I 4 IZ GLAD TO SEE THE NEW GUILD THEATRE JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! BOB Clifford's PHARMACY 1076 EL CAMINO REAL MENLO PARK CALI Phone Palo Alto 5812 PRESCRIPTION SPECIALIST DU BARRY DERME1TCS MARY DUNHILL EATURING COSMETICS COMPLETE LINE DRUGS TOIL ARTICLES GIT CARDS Meet Your riends at the ountain Lunch welcome our new sister theatre The Guild We shall now both serve the discriminatory Peninsulans in of fering only the finest film produc Here is Truly a Comparable Class Performance We are showing in a Tea and Maurice Chevalier in as convenience to those who are not admitted your opening performances with Vivien Leigh Rex Harrison Ursula Jeans PARR PHONE PA54OO a A WK io a CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GUILD THEATRE 349 El Camino Real Phone 2 2106 High in Real I new theatre promises to be a credit to Menlo Park A theatre of beauty and good taste lowers are always beautiful and are accepted as welcome gifts for any occasion Come In and Visit Our Lovely Shop! A MENLO LORIST 1074 EL CAMINO REAL TELEPHONE PALO ALTO 4771 UPON THE OPENING THE NEW GUILD THEATRE" JOE PREIN'S MENLO PARK RADIO 1148 EL CAMINO REAL MENLO PARK RECORDS RCA RADIOS GE HOME APPLIANCES I 1 I i.