Show Pant Pantages ages age's New Los Angeles House Hous Open Americas America's finest vaudeville theatre theatre theatre the the- atre Is the claim made by Alex Pantages for tor the tho now new new Pantages theatre at Los Las Angeles Cal which was formally opened on Monday August 16 Its seats scats do not make It the thc largest nor docs does the thc cost of ot 1 make It the most costly vaudeville theatre In tn America Butin But Dut Butin in its combination of ot size olze convenience conven lenc and c safety y elaborate stage and orchestral equipment beauty o of architectural design ana and decoration decoration decoration decora decora- tion the tho local vaudeville magnate declares It is unequaled In AmerIca America America Amer Amer- ica and perhaps in Europe Located among the tho tin finest est buildIngs buildings build build- buildings ings of ot Los Loa Angeles tho the new Pantages Pantages Pan Pan- tage with Its Us ten story facades on two streets stands out In graceful dignity as a clover clever exemplar of architectural genius genius' in In adapting the spirit of at Italian art to the demands demands demands de de- de- de mands of ot modern business Thou Though h only feet in h Might tho the building building build bull ing appears much higher owing to the circular architectural feature feature feature fea fea- ture of or the tho corner crowned by Its terra cotta dome and the thc perpendiculars perpendiculars perpendiculars running from ground to cornice Tho The entire facade Js 3 In cream colored terra cotta tile the designed designed de de- signed In Italian renaissance stylo style The Thc Interior decorations are arc also in Italian renaissance style The general color scheme Is 19 based on a n aground aground ground of ot Du Barry Darry gray The color offsets are in burnt oran o and delft blue The tooled enrichments enrichments enrichments enrich enrich- ments of at the tho plaster work are arc brought Into bold relief relic by transparent transparent transparent trans trans- parent color glazing The Thc chief chic feature of or the auditorium auditorium auditorium decorations arc are the frescoes of the thc great dome a set Bet of or four tour mythological subjects surrounding a a. circular glass panel Facing the thc mezzanine is a set of at murals representing representing the tho five senses and the thc mezzanine walls and Co Continued on pa page pago n 4 41 I PANTAGES' PANTAGES NEW Continued from page 1 1 spaces are devoted to a series of ot panels In more mora modern type typo The great frieze is III a masterpiece of beauty In tn which the tho decorators have taken considerable liberty with the tho otherwise pure renais renais- sance lance Tho The proscenium arch measures forty feet teet In width by thirty high The stage Itself is 18 four eighty feet in width and thirty five deep From Irom floor to roof root tho the height is seventy five feet to feet to the gridiron I sixty four feet Special attention has hns been p given Iv n to the tha matter of stage ventilation and fire tire prevention proven proven- tion and control Dagga Baggage e room property room tool room musi flans rIan a room chorus room shower baths bath and animal room for tor the tho accommodation accommodation ac ac- of animal nets acts art are artall artall all provided The dressing rooms are located below the tAlie f ta e and andare are models modell of ot comfort and con S Scenery ner and baggage can be unloaded direct directly upon the stage from tho the alley in rear Two commodious sta stage o en entrances trances are arc provided beside tho the baggage doors Seventeen exit doors allow quick Emptying of ot the theatre Tho The main entrance will be at tho the corner of the building tho main exits exit on the JIm Hill street side and the entrance to the office building Is from Seventh Seventh Sev Sev- street Tho waiting halting room and tho the ladles ladles' and gentlemen's rooms are arc on tho mezzanine The Tho theatre office will be located on the mezzanine mez- mez moz-I moz floor loor The now new Pantages house which is under construction In Salt Lake and which is an exact replica o ot of the tho Los IMS An Angeles eles house with the exception of or the tho lobby Is fast fallt nearing completion and with the release of oC tho the Interior decorators on the Los Angeles house bouse work will proceed rapidly from this date Decorators arrived from the Southern city last week and are Dro losing no time In rushing things h here re It Is expected that a n. vcr very few tew weeks will herald tho the opening of or Salt Lakes Lake's most pretentious theatre |