Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912) . e lounge filled with merry little familyparties—father, mother and children surrounding the tiny teatables, subsequent to spending a pleasant hour, or hour an i-a-half. in complete enjoyment of the picture programme. Thetheatre itself is one of the most comfortable and luxurious inLondon, aud from an artistic point of view would be difficult tobeai. The scheme of colouring is rose du Barri, and the generaleffect created is most pleasing. There is seating accommodationfor 580 persons, and the prices of admission range from half-a-crown to sixpence. A bo
Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912) . e lounge filled with merry little familyparties—father, mother and children surrounding the tiny teatables, subsequent to spending a pleasant hour, or hour an i-a-half. in complete enjoyment of the picture programme. Thetheatre itself is one of the most comfortable and luxurious inLondon, aud from an artistic point of view would be difficult tobeai. The scheme of colouring is rose du Barri, and the generaleffect created is most pleasing. There is seating accommodationfor 580 persons, and the prices of admission range from half-a-crown to sixpence. A box may be had for half-a-guinea, and evenat these prices the theatre is nearly always full. It is interestingin note by the way. that the proprietors of the Marble Arch PicturePalace were the first to start these prices, and it is very evidentthat they find this policy pays, for the audience attracted is one ofthe most fashionable in London. The play pictures the thing—toparaphrase a well-known quotation—and one can always rely upon. MARBLE ARCH PALACE. the programme at the Marble \rch house being of the very bestand absolutely up-to-date. A Fine Orchestra. The performances are continuous, from 2 oclock to 10-45 P-m-which gives an average of seven shows a day. though thesevary according to the number of topical films shown. One note-worthy feature is that orchestral music and effects, as anaccompaniment to the pictures, ha\e been reduced to a fine art bythe management of Electric Palaces. Ltd. The orchestra at theMarble Arch, consisting of eight performers—several of themdouble-handed, bv the way—is as good as any of its size we haveheard. It includes a Mustel organ, grand piano, first and secondviolin, bass and cello, and would be a credit to manv a full-sizedtheatre. Royal Visitors. There is such a noticeable tone abuutthe entire performance, that one is notsurprised to see motor cars and carriages,with their liveried servants, continually atthe door. It is
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