Tour Through New Theater Reveals Modern Interior Splendor
A visitor tours the new Paramount theater on Polk Street, admiring ivory two story façade, green and rust second floor, gold leaf pilasters, and wrought iron balustrades. The grand foyer features hand painted landscapes and a gold illuminated box office. The auditorium presents a dim promenade, modern lighting, green moire wall paintings, Venetian scenes, and a green draped proscenium with a giant organ hidden by drapery. Upstairs mezzanine showcases blue dominates with blue velvet, walls, and seats as the Ninth Avenue lobby beckons.
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Polk Street
Rft
Ninth Avenue Loyer
Four Amarillo Men Helped Build New Paramount Theater
Four Amarillo men J Ray J N Beasley A N Olver and Ed Roberts realized a shared vision by building the new Paramount Theater. The facility features lavish Paramount Publix decoration modern comfort and advanced sound and lighting in what is described as the most up to date theater in the Southwest.
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Paramount Theater
J. Ray
J. N. Beasley
A. N. Olver
Ed Roberts
Paramount Publix Executive
Manga
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Paramount-Publix
Paramount building material drive reveals massive imports
Carloads of material used in Paramount reveal 130 workers on site for seven months under C S Lambie. The list shows 40 tons of steel 100 tons plaster 15 miles wire and conduit 1 000 000 bricks eight cars terra roofing plumbing fixtures seats organ equipment lamp openings and marble among other items.
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Paramount
C.S. Lambie
Southwest
Paramount Theater Unveils Modern Seat Design
The new Paramount theater will feature wide 21 inch seats with 33 inch back-to-back spacing and gray padded leather upholstery. Generous aisles on the main floor and balcony provide easy access while blueprints show 1200 seats on the main floor and over 300 in the semi loggia balcony.
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Paramount
Paramount Theater Opens With Film This Is the Night
The Paramount Theater in Sag opens Thursday at 6 30 with ticket sales and a first performance at 7 featuring This Is the Night starring Lily D Amita. Admission is 50 cents for all seats, WDAG will broadcast from the lobby, and dignitaries will attend.
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Paramount
Lily Damita
WDAG
Hollywood
Polk Street
Tor
Modern Showhouse Lights Theaters With Indirect Illumination
Describes a showhouse design on Polk Street with a 47 foot frontage display and color border lighting. Neon borders and frosted globes illuminate the lobby and rest rooms with indirect ceiling lighting. The auditorium uses indirect lighting and stage lighting to enhance the screen and set. Also notes the Hudson River Valley extending 50 miles to sea from Sandy Hook.
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Polk Street
Lin
Hudson River Valley
Sandy Hook
New Theater Offers Ample Lounge and Foyer Seating
Patrons will find seating in the spacious foyer and mezzanine and a roomy lounge and rest rooms off the foyer. The theater provides ample waiting facilities so guests need not stand for programs while seats become available.
Paramount Building to House Several New Tenants
The Paramount Building at Ninth and Polk will host multiple new businesses. Tenants moving in include a modern drug store at 606 Polk, Box & Paramount Shop, gift goods, a second floor office for G Lambie Construction and Vernon Barnes Company, Retail Credit, Missouri State Life, Lester Stone grain dealer, and others expected to join.
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Etc. Drug Company
Long
Polk Street
Ae Martha Vee Iashington Candy Op
Box & Paramount
E. E. Bartles
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Lambie
Vernon-Barnes Company
Retail Credit Company
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Lester Stone
J. Ray
J. N. Beasley
U. N. Olver
Ed Roberts
Amarillo's New Show House Opens With Big Crowd
The Polk Street entrance of the new Paramount Theater at Ninth Avenue and Polk features a large marquee and box office. The building’s second story arrangement is visible as a huge sign signals the formal opening Thursday night drawing a big crowd.
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Paramount Theater
Ninth Avenue
Polk
Paramount opens with seasoned Amarillo staff in place
The new Paramount theater in Amarillo opens its box office and doors at 6 30 tonight with a courteous staff known to locals. Cashier Mrs J C Vance will serve buyers while Clarence Kelton handles doorman duties. Porters Sam and George Baker assist with entry and Will R Winch Victor Lowery and Milton Overman hold key management roles. Joe Pendleton contributes artwork for lobbies and lounges.
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Amarillo Theater
J. C. Vance
Fair Theater
Clarence Kelton
Barold Thotick
Cl Zell
Sam Baker
George Baker
Will R. Winch
Victor Lowery
Mission
Milton Overman
Mr. Overman
Amarillo
Joe Pendleton
Mr. Pendleton
Brenograph Aid to Modern Projection
J Goldberg Paramount Publix sound engineer explains the Brenkert chronograph as a new theater adjunct installed at the Paras mount theater. He says it enhances talking pictures with station or moving color designs as borders or across the screen, contributing to unique Southwest presentations.
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Paramount- Publix
Brenkert
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Goldberg
Paramount
Southwest
Paramount Feature with Lily Damita and Charley Ruggles
The opening program lists "The Star Spangled Banner" as screen novelty and a Paramount feature titled ight comedy. It names Lily Damita Charley Ruggles and Roland Young with Paramount Announcements and a Publix Hollywood listing.
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Ernest O. Tho
Publix Hollywood
Ight
Paramount Feature
Lily Daémita
Charley Ruggles
Roland Young
Paramount
Organ at Paramount Hidden by Draperies Reveals Elevator System
Rich draperies conceal hundreds of pipes of the new Paramount organ. The specially built instrument includes an elevator to play, with the console and numerous mechanical devices arranged behind silver fabric. Otto Gluth of Dallas directed the installation. The article also notes the historic link of badminton to India before its English adoption in 1873.
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Paramount
Otto Gluth
Dallas
India
Spectacle of Chromograph Lights Dazzles Viewers
The display features diffused multi colored lighting that appears to originate from multiple sources. Spectators below find it nearly impossible to pinpoint where the lights arise, and the full range of effects will only be understood when seen in operation.
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Ascenium
Lambie Builders Credited for Para Theater and City Projects
The article credits Lambie, head of the construction firm, for the Para Theater appearance and substantial work. It notes selected builders J. Ray, J. N. Olver, and Ed Rob from Amarillo, with bids considered. Other new Lambie projects include the eight story Potter County and the Kress building at Seventh Avenue and Polk Street, and his offices are moved to the Paramount building.
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Lambie
J. Ray
J. N. . N. Olver
Ed Robot Amarillo
Potter County
Kress
Q Seventh Avenue
Polk Street
H Construction Company
Paramount
Paramount Theater Opens With Hollywood Premiere Night
The new Paramount Theater in Amarillo debuts with a Hollywood style opening tomorrow night. Will R. Winch and Paramount Publix executives attend as showmen from across the Southwest highlight the event. The two-show program features This Is the Night starring Lily Damita and marks the last project in Paramount Publix’s national building drive.
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Paramount Theater
Southwest
Hollywood
Lily Damita
Will R. Winch
Paramount-Publix
Southwest Division
Dunne’s Paramount Theater Rendered by Texas Architect
W Scott Dunne an A I A architect and theater planner leads the design of the new Amarillo Paramount the 25th Southwest theater built after his plans His career spans San Antonio Fort Worth Corpus Christi Sherman Coleman Enid Little Rock and Dallas where he specialized in theater design He trained in St Louis and taught at Texas A and M before a Houston Dallas period shaping this modern reproduction of his advanced layout and equipment concepts.
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Dune
San Antonio
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Corpus Christi
Sherman
Coleman
el Page
Big Spring
Texas
Enidant
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Ursula Suerth
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