Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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When the front curtain
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raised it forms the festoon
mlance shown at the right.
This installation is unique
in that the curtain actually
works around a
drum-shaped stage.
Contour Curtain Fits Drum Stage
With the stage almost disappearing from
many modern motion picture theatres, the
striking and dramatic design of installation
at the new Haven Theatre in Brookhaven,
Miss., is more than unique. Designed
in the shape of a snare drum, the
stage extends half of its oval side into the
auditorium.
Faced with the problem of creating contour
curtain machinery for this unusual
shape, J. L. Hicks of Hubert Mitchell Industries
took one look at the completed
stage and wondered why the curtain
couldn't travel a curved track around behind
the theatre's screen.
It had never been done before, but the
has been worked out to the mechanical
and artistic satisfaction of L. E.
Downing, Haven owner, and all concerned.
To quote Hicks on the new arrangement,
"This curtain is of the contour type
which follows the contour of the stage and
is operated up and down rather than in
the old conventional way from side to
side.
"When this curtain is raised, the front
curtain forms a festoon effect valance.
The festoon portion of the front curtain
contains 75 per cent fullness. The portions
from the festoons on each side that
drape to the floor contain 466 per cent
fullness. This is because of the fact that
when the curtain is in the open position,
the side legs of the front curtain must extend
entirely to the floor.
"The front curtain actually extends all
the way behind the screen at the sides.
The ceiling borders, also contour curtains,
follow the same plan."
The stage of the Haven is 40 feet wide
and 22 feet high.
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