Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-03 | Page 9 | State Theatre Soon to be Opened

State Theatre Soon to Be Opened Announcement Is U made that tho the Victory Amusement c company company will be incorporated this week to take over tho the State Stata theatre on Broadway formerly formerly formerly for for- merly the home of the Pantages and that It will be bo reopened shortly and will be known as the Victory theatre Ic Ie will feature Paramount pictures and the program it Is understood e 3 will vill v fl 1 Include some high I cl class vaude vaude- yule ville i The announcement of or the reopenIng reopening reopening reopen reopen- ing followed a meeting of or the Salt Lake Musicians' Musicians union which gave ave I George E. E Carpenter managing director director tor lor of the new organization authority author author- ity to bring I in a California f a musician I aJ Ct ti to a act as leader r of f the new o orchestra Herbert Auerbach Louis Marcus Mr Carpenter Fred Auerbach and James Ingebretsen are the directors of or tOe I new flew Victory Amusement company At a mass meeting of or th the Salt Lake Musicians Musicians' union Sunday afternoon permission was granted to bring Ralph Pollock from San Francisco to di direct direct dl- dl the new orchestra At this meeting meetIng meeting meet meet- I ing Mr 11 Carpenter was invited to give expression to his views The vote was 74 1 4 to 20 In favor of the action taken laken Permission to bring Mr Pollock Pollock Pollock Pol- Pol lock to manage the orchestra was I granted on the understanding that local musicians must make up the personnel personnel personnel per per- of the orchestra Mr Carpenter returned last week from a trip to the coast where he ho went In the Interest of the new enter enter- prise He says all efforts are being directed toward opening the house on schedule for the Christmas holidays holi holl- days The policy polley of the new house ho hoI said yesterday will be the same as that which has characterized the theatre thea thea- I Paramount Empress a family tre presenting good music and anden entertaining entertaining en- en high class pictures While the Paramount-Empress Paramount will still be bethe bethe bethe the home of Paramount pictures we Intend to mix th the Paramount output I with the best the market affords at atthe atthe atthe the new house Just what will be bethe bethe bethe the opening bill has not been definitely definite definite- ly y decided but in addition to motion pictures a a. feature will be made of artistic acts and a novelty orchestra along the lines or of the Paul Asche organization which Is so 80 popular In San Francisco at the Granada thea thea- tre With this object In view we presented our plans before a mass meeting of or the Musicians' Musicians union yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- and permission was gracefully granted to to- bring in Mr Pollock to head the orchestra For the last two weeks decorators have been at t work transforming the interior of or the the- the house house so that on the opening date December 23 it will be practically a new theatre The color scheme and general decorative effects designed and supervised by Taylor Woolley already embrace race a combination combination combination tion of tints heretofore In this state An organ Is being In Installed installed installed in- in stalled this week weel There was no III ill feeling between the musicians and those starting the new theatre said A. A A. A Beese Beesley president of or the union last evening Mr Carpenter has always been a 1 friend to the organized musicians and they were anxious to repay the kindness