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In the theatres that we have, comparatively little originality has been exercised in the choice of style and of color scheme. Adam has been used to excess and certain combinations of color have not been attempted at all. I do not know of any theatre where violet or lavender is an important element or orange or yellow or blue. There may be draperies in these hues but there is no important color decoration in them. We have the old-fashioned favorite red and gold interior, and the green and tail, and the ivory or gray background combined with any color, but very little else. The lighting fixtures as a rule are either typical crystal chandeliers or gilt wall brackets, with or without a Wedgewood
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A portion of the interior of the Henry Miller Theatre, one of the best designed in
New York. The draperies are very elaborate, but fall in excellently
with the scheme of the ceiling and walls.
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A very modern suggestion for the interior of a Moving Picture House, inexpensive to execute and quite colorful. Masks are used over the proscenium arch and fruits and flowers in the large wall panels.
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medallion, or commonplace silver fixtures produced by local manufacturers. No special design is attempted in most cases. No special designing of the draperies, in their method of hanging or trimming, is resorted to, these being generally hung in accordance with modern usage in private residences. The theatre curtain itself, instead of being ugly and ornate as it was formerly, is now so simple as to lend very little to the general scheme of decoration. A very few theatres have employed mural decorators to do large canvases for them, but these have been generally conventional and unstirring. There are practically no theatres into which one enters with a feeling of thrilling delight, and yet here if anywhere should the interior decorator and the architect accomplish a brilliant effect, for here, if anywhere, are they free of the personal grip of the client.
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