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Redwood City Tribune from Redwood City, California • 9

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Redwood City, California
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9
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Second Section Pages 9 to 14 Buy Regularly In Redwood City eiluiooi ki r.r: c-' J7 PAGE NINE THE TRIBUNE, REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1933. REDWOOD THEATRE OPENS TOMORROW MUSIC AND ROMANCE IN "BE MINE TONIGHT ARCHITECTURE FEATURES OF SHOWHOUSE ARE TOLD Amusement Place Ready ForCrowds Blue Sky Laws 01 All States To Be Combed Be Mine Tonight Feature; Other Attractions IB to in rcsdlnsss for the grand opening Saturday at 11 o'clock of the beautiful New tra, at California and ary streets. The new theatre will a mowing for an antira uanNOTON, June (AP) iky law throufhout STeowby will be combed by "i tiada commission expert rk.p regulations for ad-Ijnhirliir tb new national mlUM law. ig, to obtain theie data from hatni atatutea protect. I the Inwalhif public, went 5a aftar a conference bt-E Oommimkmen Edwin Da-WlUan B.

Humphrey. tMta. only Roosevelt appointee 'jSTrinr-1- ia alatad for a Ihr fait nforcin I to ohlald the public dent eecurity isles. I aoma poaalblllty that Booaevalt may break a 501 yean and designate Da- tlce ia to rotate each yearamong The Redwood Theatre mark a a new etep In the technical advance of motion picture entertainment. Hollowing a period of unlimited expo neion into larger theatres, capacity houeee running In three and four thouaand aeata reached a point where the structural aapacta of eound control, aoouatlca and viaibillty were strained to the limit.

Thia expansion reached Ita xenlth In the great Radio City Theatre eo vaet In He Interior proportions that the ecreen was too Urge for thoee cloee to the stage and too small for those la the farthest seats. In 'the Redwood Theatre the pendulum seringa the other way. Thia latter theatre eeatlng close to 800 persona combines every feature of technical facility that the larger theatre poses sees and yet It poeeible for each and person in the audience to be in a comfortable position of ai visual distance from the There no eight angL than ia required to retain the true proportion or distribution of the figures on the screen and the curvature of the auditorium floor designed so that each penon has a plaar view without obstruction of the lowest point on- the wffl be bald at 11J0 cisco was the architect for the building with S. Charles Lee of Ism Angeles, the consulting architect Both Mr. Lee and Mr.

Gor-ren have built a number of thaa-troa in California and aa specialists in entertainment buildings they have included in this local house all of the latest Ideas in technical installation. The theatre la designed tor combined use in the showing of legitimate entertainment and ita stage Unequipped tor removing the apparatus and throwing the tags over to entertaln-Tha architects took into that the climate in Red-City la Beat by Qovern-Test" but they have equipped thU theatre to maintain with in, the earns eamfortabla climate that maintains out of doors in the greater part of the year. The building is equipped with three larga fans which nolsleaely project fresh filtered air In the auditorium and withdraw the maw Impure air out of the auditorium, making -over eavan changes of fresh air par hour during full padty house. Every attention to the heating and ventilating system has bean given eo that artificial draughts will not be set up that parsons In the roar seats will not tool a chill at their necks, will the ladies with their hoes feel any draughts circulating about the flow. The decorations of the theatre an carried out in warm terra cotta and yejjow colors and an the work of Franz Bergman, an artist who has achieved considerable reputation for hla muni decorations.

Special experiments were eon-ducted with Neon lighting In the creation of a beautiful tower sign which haa been designed in the format a triangle so that ita three toeee can be aeen from the highway in two direction! and from the main part of. town and the railroad station. The tower represents flow of light from the bottom in a fountain-like with Neon Mr. Phn A. Fraam win ba In aetiro management oT the New Redwood Theatre.

Ha la thor-oughly eaperlsnced thaatra man. Mr. J. Leslie Jacobs, theatre realty broker of wide expert ears, to weponohle for the rhnoetng of-Redwood City the alto for the New Redwood. Both toon ere how living in Redwood City.

'The design of the theatre waa In the hands of Mr. William i. Ban Francisco architect, had as aonaultant Mr. B. Tjs of LM AmUlM.

prices win be 35 cento tor adults and 10 canto (or chil- maaaine in detail tta du-the new eecurltlee law. S.amw tor fundi to admin-I yg 1 Mtoatae now being prepared I tta budget bureau fix fXSOflOD guided by rock and 'sent walk so that flowing over Into a bowl at the top of the triangular column. it la the moving picture industry at any time to Introduce a Eaparl- The introduction of sound the silent film Introduced problems for the architect acoustical engineer. The voice from the stage of the theatre produces a sound vibration In about 513 cycles Modem motion picture equipment introduced vlbra-with a range from BOO to 1000 cycles. The Redwood Theatre ia clothed In an absorbent acoust lost material which abaotbes the high velocity sound waves of the wild animal pictures and the marina band on the news reel, at the time receiving, the lower loaf the human votes eo that the audience will not be annoyed with any reflected vibrations commonly known as echoes or dead spots in theatre.

William Qarren of Ban Tran- ptlon. "corporation al- mb haa notified the oommiaaion lb darira to file a atatamant giaaw bene. told than that aueh a i eeuM not bo received deya," Davla nd SmyenUou laid it would bold a tie taoa la order to raceiva mtow benaflti might coma kn (Bag a publie financial re- pkt Hb the commission." IgjafM given your hand an oil kafto itaee It with cold water Hm applying aoap and hot wa-K Jhk will taka out the oil-ha. Eddie Peabody At Redwood Theater i Eddie Peabody, dynamie banjo player of the stags aad radio, win be at tha Redwood Thant er in in connection with the week. He to billed lor one storting Saturday, June Ml Attractions tha first wuak Include the feature picture of song-and romanea, "Ba Mine and Billy Symphony, King Nap--'' tuna," ia tochnioolor, I 5 I and cement in the the strength of the predetermined -at strength -The teats on the the building that the exactly to in tha Unas of allot to the i of thd Itdldlag.

Fe-r, atruetnral engineer, was engineer, to the architects on1 thin tfeeturab atruotaral materials eaa thy yropugqoak of, the Ita anglueerlng ware handled hy the architects ao that' this building oombinea all of the featuree naeemary to make It withstand earthquake shock. The walla are of reinforced concrete and the roof la of ataal trusses. The marquee and tgn present an intricate structural engineering feat. projection and this modem Boh is equipped to follow ecisnos hi its devil no projection roam with every modem devise (or the control epot light projection of turns udstereopUeun (Continued on Pm -The stage its Ada do tha Tribune can be enlarged A i am uiiiffliiti ii. 01 ft ft BEST WISHES i TO The New to the new vyHsu tte 4it01iJ' ii ic tiffi 1HEATRE Theatre upon the completion of one of the peninsula' moat beautiful show houeee.

We are proud to have had a part in the construction of this new building which i indeed a credit to Redwood City and to the entire peninsula. Mr. Freaae haa bhown exceptional judgment in building now while price are low and in creating a building that will be of far greater value tun the original investment within a few years. 1 1 Will you be one of the investors with vision who built today at the lowest coat in history or will you be among those who will a few year hence look back with regret at a great opportunity lost? THE EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS COMPANY INVITES YOUR CONFIDENCE. WHY NOT CONSULT WITH US ABOUT BUILDING TO YOUR ORDER NOW? s.

GLASS INSTALLED BY DR1 W.P. FULLER and. Company SAN FRANCISCO Hia 'UrHUSl iltRslillils iftSlft "0Q OuOOOOQ tS0(BOCOtf1 G. W. Williams Co.

Builders Contractors Insurers Anywhere on the Peninsula Primrose Road, Burlingame Phone Burl. 6300 mi 1)I i jl '9Sg-l 8s i.

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Years Available:
1923-1971