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Paramount Theatre Decor, Oakland, Ca.
Man, that is some of the best Art Deco I have ever seen.
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A Volvo B10M/Plaxton Paramount seems rather boring by Quicksilver standards but this one is actually quite interesting: JEY 124Y originally had a Van Hool body that was burnt out in 1990 and the chassis was bought by Marchants of Cheltenham, who had it rebodied with one of the last two Paramount bodies, built by Plaxton's service department at Ware. The model is the Paragon (formerly Lancer) kit, which usually represents a Dennis Javelin but has had the grilles filed off and Volvo wheels fitted. Due to a shortage of blue ribbon transfers it has been pressed into service in plain silver.
This was the first time in over 20 years I had worked with white metal which from experience can be a bit of a pig to bring together., but this one generally behaved.
Construction used a combination of Deluxe Cyano superglue and Devcon epoxy adhesive.
The rear panelling was filed smooth and a new rear fabricated from Plasticard to revive the damaged boot area.
Missing internal luggage racks have been replaced with new Plasticard units and a central roof panel added to give detail down the length of the interior.
This was the first design for the demolished Paramount/Odeon cinema in London Road, Liverpool.
This sketch was done in 1930 by Frank Verity, who with Sam Beverley designed the British Paramount cinemas.
The cinema as built looked nothing like this.
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This post has been "bumped up", because it was only in a few groups, and I've created a new album "It wasn't built quite like this".
Here's an evening shot of the beautiful Paramount Theater marquee on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia. Operating as a movie theater from 1931 to 1974, it has provided a variety of concerts and other live art performances since reopening in 2004. Films are also still shown, including the Christmas classic advertised on the marquee.
Information from the theater's website.
Premiere Programme exhibited at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow
"Opened on December 31st 1934, the Glasgow Paramount Theatre was one of the later cinemas built for the American based chain in Britain. The architects were Frank T. Verity and Samuel Beverly, who designed many of the Paramount Theatre’s in the UK.
Glasgow’s was freestanding, and occupied half a city block. The facade was built in white granite, with five two-storey finned windows curving around and above the corner entrance. At night, the entire building was outlined in neon.
The main foyer had an open staircase and upper foyer, which looked down onto the ground floor, and was home to a tea room and restaurant, situated under the tall corner windows. A further cafe was situated upstairs from the main restaurant.
The auditorium seated 2,784 in the circle and stalls, and was originally coloured green, copper and silver. The stage area was spacious, with a tall fly-tower, and around fifteen dressing rooms at the rear of the side elevation and under the stage. A Compton 4Manual/10Ranks organ rose from this under-stage area.
In 1939, the Paramount Theatre, along with all other UK Paramount’s, was sold to Oscar Deutsch’s chain of Odeon Theatres Ltd. and was re-named Odeon. Under this name, it continued successfully until 1970, with live shows augmenting the film presentations. The Rolling Stones played there, as did The Beatles supported on the bill by Roy Orbison. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra appeared in concert in the late-summer of 1969. The Odeon was closed on 13th September 1969 to be remodeled into a triple screen cinema.
The Compton organ was removed and by January 2004, the console was being housed in Summerlee Heritage Museum in nearby Coatbridge. It has now been shipped to a private residence in the USA. The remodeling involved stripping almost all of the Italianate interior out and creating 3 screens – one in the former balcony, one in the stalls (both seating around 1,100) and a smaller screen in the former stage area. This latter screen, seating 555, was formed over two levels, with a small circle, and had a separate entrance to the rear of the building. The foyers were remodeled too, with the double height sections being floored over, and the staircase realigned. The cafes were walled off to become offices and staff areas, and a bar was placed in the top foyer, although the view from the corner windows was now blocked.
The exterior suffered then too, the corner windows and fins being hidden behind a giant, full height readograph, lit from behind, and with corrugated metal sheeting covering much of the granite around it. It reopened as the Odeon Film Centre on 2nd October 1970.
In 1988, the screen in the stalls area was further subdivided into three screens, of around 220 seats each, and the smaller Screen 3 was split horizontally to give a total of six screens. Access to all screens was now from the main entrance. A further subdivision in 1999 saw the 1,100 seat Screen 1, in roughly the former circle, divided into four screens, bringing the total to nine. The current Screen 1, at 555 seats, is now the largest in the complex. This refurbishment also saw the bar being removed and, happily, the exterior restored to something like its former glory, with the removal of the readograph and the corrugated sheeting.
Sadly, only a few years later, the future seems uncertain, as Odeon sold the building in March 2003 to developers. On 29th March 1995, Historic Scotland afforded the building a degree of protection with a Grade B Listed building status, but this seems only to apply to the facade. It is listed in the Buildings At Risk Register.
The cinema closed on 7th January 2006, and plans call for the demolition of the interior to be replaced with shops, restaurants, and a nightclub. The facade is supposed to be restored to its 1934 appearance. The auditorium was demolished in March 2013 and will be replaced by a hotel & office block, with the front of the former Odeon and its foyer spaces becoming the lobby of the hotel." Cinema Treasures Website
Since the above narrative was written the office block has been completed.
A backstage view, showing the curtain operating mechanism and a tech guy working on a project.
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The Paramount Theatre, also known as the Paramount Arts Center, is located in Aurora, Illinois. It was designed by Rapp and Rapp in the Art Deco style with Venetian elements, and opened in 1931. Over the years, it has hosted films, plays, musicals, concerts, comedy shows, and other acts. It has been extensively renovated and restored, with great attention to maintaining historical accuracy in the beautiful auditorium.
Seen heading around the St.Annes Street roundabout in Valetta catching the early morning sun on May 26th this year was LPY111 one of Paramount Coaches two Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B12B's.
These two vehicles have sen very little use despite being on the island for a number of months, this is, however not unusual for Paramount.
Newlands Farm have this unidentified Plaxton Paramount coach, I presume as a shed. This has traditionally been a fairly remote area of Banchory Devenick just west of Portlethen although the AWPR is being built just next to it that will end that. The coach was not at the farm when Google mapped the area so has been acquired in the last few years at least. There was an unidentified Paramount just down the road at the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service but that was allover white so not this coach.
Anyone know the identity of this?
The Paramount Theater of Burlington North Carolina.
Originally opened in 1928, the Paramount Theater was scheduled to be demolished after it was hit by hard times in the 1960s and 70s. The theater managed to survive and is now the permanent home of community theater in Burlington. The theater was renovated in 1993 by the City of Burlington and the Alamance County Arts Council.
This is one of my favorites from Burlington for my "Main St. NC" series. Stay tuned for more later this week.
Austin’s historic Paramount Theater opened in 1915 as a vaudeville venue, originally as the Majestic. Performers from those early days included Harry Houdini, becoming a silent movie theater from the 1920s. A tie-in with Paramount Studios led to the adoption of the theatre’s present name. The signature blade sign was removed during renovations in the 1960s but was restored in time for the theater’s centenary in 2015.
United 1325 was one of a number of Leyland Tigers to be acquired second-hand from West Riding at the time when both operators were under the common ownership of Caldaire. This vehicle had been new to West Riding in January 1986 and is pictured in pictured in Bishop Auckland on 1st August 1991.
Paramount Coaches Plaxton Excalibur bodied Dennis Javelin JCY989 is seen here heading out of Malta Airport working a private hire.
In New York City for one night to see "Hangmen" on Broadway, we stayed at the Knickerbocker Hotel on Time Square. We were on the 16th floor, a corner room, looking out on the flashing, billboard splendor. The Paramount Building was across the intersection at 1501 Broadway. This grand Art Deco building was built in the 1920s. The lights from the huge, flashing billboards reflected off this 33 story pyramidal edifice. The ornamental glass globe glowed green in the night. May 13, 2022
French postcard, no. 553. Photo: Paramount.
American actress and singer Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) is best remembered for appearing in the Road to... comedies, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. During World War II, Lamour was among the most popular pin-up girls among American servicemen.
Dorothy Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Her appearance as jungle native Ulah opposite Ray Milland in The Jungle Princess (William Thiele, 1936) brought her fame. Her outfit, and Edith Head-designed sarong, marked the beginning of her image as the 'Sarong Queen.' In 1940, Lamour made her first Road to... comedy film, Road to Singapore (Victor Schertzinger, 1940). The Road to.. films were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music, and they regularly placed among the top moneymaking films during the 1940s. While the films centered more on Hope and Crosby, Lamour held her own as their 'straight man', and sang some of her most popular songs. The series essentially ended with the release of Road to Bali (Hal Walker, 1952). By that time, Lamour's screen career began to wane and she focused on stage and television work. In 1961, Crosby and Hope teamed up for one more, The Road to Hong Kong (Norman Panama, 1962), but Joan Collins played the female lead. Lamour made a brief appearance and sang a song near the end of that film. In the 1970s, Lamour revived her nightclub act and, in 1980, released her autobiography My Side of the Road. In 1987, she made her final onscreen appearance in the TV series Murder she wrote. Lamour's first marriage was to orchestra leader Herbie Kay whose orchestra Lamour sang with. The two married in 1935 and divorced in 1939. Lamour married her second husband, William Ross Howard III, in 1943. They had two sons and remained married until Howard's death in 1978. Lamour died at her home in 1996 at the age of 81.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
Five different Paramount bodies on five different chassis - where will you see a line-up like this again ?
The chassis are (L-R) Dennis Dorchester, Bedford YNT, Leyland Tiger, Volvo B10M and Mercedes O303. The bodies are one each of Mark I - Mark IV, with the last one having the slight modifications for the O303.
Both of the National Express coaches are "impostors", having never carried that livery in their working lives, but both are splendid representations of how things were.
And if the DVLA are to be believed, then Roy McCarthy's Bedford should be black, despite having been delivered in blue and cream when new, and never worn any other colour in its life !
The first Paramount 4000/Skyliner to be ordered by the NBC, entered service with National Travel West at their Hulme Hall Road Depot in Manchester in May 1984 . At the same time that NTW took this vehicle, Ribble took over the North West operation of National Travel West thus this coach passed over to Ribble. When new A121 ABA wore this rather bland livery for use on shuttle services to the sun, within in a year Ribble painted this vehicle into National Express Rapide livery. The location is central London, just around the corner from Victoria Coach Station
A pair of Leyland Plaxton Paramount 3200s in Brough, 31st March, 2024. PWS 492S is a Leopard rebodied in 1983 for Bristol Omnibus and subsequently operated for Badgerline whilst C131 HJN is a former Eastern National Tiger that later saw service with United.
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A collection of bus photos from a holiday in North Wales in May 1996.
Here, Dennis Javelin / Plaxton Paramount III G958WNR of Pathfinder-Masons, Willenhall is seen in the Llandudno coach park in Mostyn Broadway.
Seen at the Alton Bus Rally in July 2010 is Badgerline Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Paramount 3200 PWS492S.
New in 1977, the coach was built with a Plaxton Supreme Express body but after sustaining fire damage the chassis was rebodied in 1983 with a new Plaxton Paramount body.
Paramount Theatre Decor, Oakland, Ca.
My friend became a U.S. Citizen today.
Ceremonies were held here.
Man, that is some of the best Art Deco I have ever seen.
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