Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-19
new THEATER'S
OPENING FIXED
Noted PLAY, Lightnin
Coming For Two
DAYS
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her of Commerce, the Rotary Club,
the Kiwanis club, ard the Times
kecorder and leading citizens had
telegraphed Klaw and Erlanger,
LooKlng AGENTS, IN New York, appeal
il tor the play that the ADVANCE
represe EtatVe was sent here to IN
vestiga,e the desirabllity of cancell-
ing half the Jacksonville engagement
and coming to Americas. so I'M
pressed was Mr.. Kane, the represen-
tative, with the completeness and
beauty of the new theatre that he
not only contracted to bring the COM
pany here for two days, but also
while here booked another golden
production, "Turn to the Right" for
a February date. The "Llghtnln' "
company which will come here, it is
announced, is on only short tour
from New York to Chicago, where 1t
will enter an indefinite engagement.
The presentation of " Lightnin'
on Friday and Saturday nights, Jan
uarv 81 and %, will mark the first
exercise of the release option on the
house held by Mr.. Rylander. On the
following Monday the house will be-
gin the presentation of regular high
class motion picture programs under
management of ]. Wiley Pope, Jr.,
lessee and manager. Announcements
will be made shortly by Mr.. Pope as
to his plans for carrying out his an
nounced intentions of offering only
the best to be had in this magnih-
cent house.
From time to time, however, the
house will be taken over by Mr.. Ry-
lander for the showing of standard
road productions. He has already
booked sever Of these, and is ne
gotiating for averal others, dates
of which will &c announced later
Those for which contracts have al
ready teen signed and dates fixed
are named on page /.
Beauty and Comfort
The new Rylander will be not on
ly a wonderfully beautiful and COM
pletely equipped theater, equal to
any in the South, but will be coy
and unusually comfortable. The size,
seating only about 1000 persons, is
ideal Tor hearing and seeing. The
floors are extraordinarily pitched,
the seats are high class cushioned
opera chairs, the lights are soft, and
every detail is perfect from the pa
irons standpoint.
Two features of great Importance
are the heating and the ventllatlng
systems. The theaJer is heated by
steam radiators from huge boilers I'M
der the rear of the stage. This sys-
tenn has been in test operation tor
a week and has been found thorough
ly adequate and satisfactory. 1t is
now heating the theater building
throughout, as well as the complete
1Imes-kecorder building, the Amer
icus Auto company bullding, and an
annex.
Inc ventilating is handled by five
great typhoon fans built on the roof.
Two OF these are eight feetin dam
eter and three seven 1eet each. These
have the power to completely change
the ar IN the entire auditorium IN
only two minutes, and may be oper-
ated SO as to draw the air out through
the roof, or force fresh air in from
the roof. In winter this is of great
Importance in drawing the foul air
out of the building, and in summer
permits the cooling that can be OBJ
tanned in no other way.
The complete story Of the new
theater, descriptive and otherwise, is
too great to be presented here, but
it will be Tblished before the open
ing day. Also, the full story of the
play "Lightnin' is too big for this
occasion. However, it may be said
that this is the comedy that has brok-
en- the worlds record with a run Of
more than 1000 consecutive per-
formances on the street that sets
the theatrical pace for the whole
world For nearly three years it has
been on view at the Gaiety theater,
New York, with standing room al
ways at premium.
Staged By Author.
John Golden is the producer and
Winchell Smith the author of Light
min +" and the production to be seen
here has been staged under the au-
thor's personal direction. The cast
is headed by Milton Mobiles as light
MIN Bill Jones, and Bessie Bacon, as
Margaret Davis, the vaudeville ac-
tress. The organization is on its way
to Chicago.
Like the earlier John Golden hits,
Turn to the Right" Dear Me" and
"Three Wise Fools" "Lightnin' in
PRODUCES quaint wholesome types and
is built uron foundations of laughs
and heart throbs. It's story is built
around L;ghtnin Bill Jones, social
ed because he moves slowly and
doesn't exert himself if he can help