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Show Mansion Built on Universal Stage Rlt'H ' aimllftude of n mlllion- eire'a manaion. complete from r entrance hall to terraced Kr-den, Kr-den, has riaen on one of t'nl-versal t'nl-versal e staen at the hands of thirty artisans and dtoratora aurtr.a; the pant niontha. The aet.f ?- rr Twd itrown-Inir itrown-Inir production of "Outaide the Ijw,1' to be ahown at the Klnema theaire nd In which I'rHcilla Ien atrn. and the personal design of K. I: ffheelv tf the Motion Picture Art Directors' Meociation, t nlversal's chief art technician, tech-nician, lt extend llo feet in lensih and eljrhty In width. The first floor includes a vaulted reception hall In tuediaeval moaaic w ith Italian fountain foun-tain and marble arand staircase, a tiffanted ballroom with tall, narrow doors that open on a domed conservatory conserva-tory of irlaap. and a library of rir-cian rir-cian walnut in voRUeaune d(sle-n. The manaion Is "somewhere in 'Fria-co." 'Fria-co." and In "UutKide the I. aw" la the scene of one of the most daring robberies rob-beries In the history of crime. Pria-cilla Pria-cilla Dean and a confederate. Wheeler Oakman. enter durins; a accity reception, recep-tion, chloroform the host to the utrains of hts own orchestra, and escape with a half-million dollars in Jewel. The moat striking; room of the setting set-ting is the reception hall of variegated moaaic with its vaulted celling in the mediaeval Italian spirit. Heavv pillars pil-lars continue ar arches arrow the ceil-Ins; ceil-Ins; and in the planes thus formed are. framed In marb. recssed panels in fa netful moaaic murals deaigned by Morey Larranaaro of th I'niverxal art ataff. In the center of (he floor is an Italian fountain with circular marble mar-ble seats at each end. Opening under the grand staircase of marble, at the left, is the ballroom, of graceful and siaiple design. The walls are rttffamed of a four-color stipple blended from a light to dark. Nearly at the ceiling are the circular heads' .of narrow French doors and casement1 windows, which are flanked by turtoua 1 Turkifh wall palntinga and which open I onto the conservatory. The conservatory.- built aaainst a stone anxle f 1 the main building, la domed with gla. ! . sa . the 4i dm aide upemntf , tn lor i "nhtinucd on page 2.) j MANSION BUILT m - ' (Continued from pare 1.) stone-Daved terrace, through French - doora, protected on the exterior by M Uronse grills. m Most of the episode's action occurs In the library, which opena from the aiOsMiced reception hall through a (la aihie arch. The library la In vogueat aj.vn.ue style, with paneled wainscoting, doors and hookiS'i-a of matched Clr-m Clr-m 'astan walnut, .-'lowing lines feature the Umbriquins from which hang the door and window curtains. Over a fireplace In the noveau art, and at .ch end of the book shelves that line vthe ends of the room, are varicolored vases of Majolica ware. , Cecil R. TOeMitle. director general of Paramount pictures, hopes the New .Year and hla wife and two children awill set st rest tha rumor that he has .nxf married a nrrn 'ar. t |