Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
KEYNOTE
Of NEW THEATER
EASTMAN BUILDS
Manufacturer Builds
Picture House With Largest
Organ i'm World.

Sometime this month the Eastman
tbeater. Rochester, n. Y, which is
nearly completed, will start its cru
| SADIE to raise the ethical standards of
| the nation by introducing culture to
the people by music and motion pic
lures.
The theater. which is to be operat-
cd as a branch of the University of
| Rochester, was the conception of
| George Eastman, millionaire camera
manufacturer, and it's construction
and immediate maintenance have been
provided for by him in a. initial ap-
preparation of S. 100000. 1t will be
the third largest theater in the
United States and will house the
largest pipe organ in the world. The
massive instrument has 10000 pipes.
It is really eight hugs organs COM
bined as one. :.
The musical atmosphere. which is
one of the main features of the
theater. is carried throughout the
interior decorations. Large paintings
on every side depict the various kinds
of music.
Culture Is Keynote
Sylvan music. martial music, lyric
music. festival music, religious music:
hunting music, pastoral music and
dramatic music are all portrayed IN
colorful murals that adorn the walls:
They are representative of some or
the best work of American artists.
Culture is the keynote. And it is
the intention of Mr.. Eastman to
broadcast. by radio, cultural sprays OF
music so that those who are not able
to attend the theater nay come under
the harmonious spell.
When the public is not being "cul-
tured'' the theater will be used Tor
scientific investigation and visoral
education of the students of the uni
y~ersity. of which it is a part. .Agrl-
cultural pictures will be exhibited to
those classes studying farming prob.
lens. Films showing the delicate and
dangerous process of surgical opera
ton will probably %supplant the elm
ical work in teaching surgery. Schoo.
athletes may receive their instruc-
tons and be given examples on the
screen.
so Piece Orchestra
A research laboratory and clinic fol-
the solution of problems that con.
front the moving picture producer anc
exhibitor is also a part OF the
theater.
Organs of the type that are used
in many theaters of the country '
their places anu Will Uc uStN ~NN
the instruction of those in the mo-
ton picture organ accompaniment
classes. Students in these classes WI
not only have the organs on which
TO play and instructors to tell then
how. but will have a wide range OF
various types of pictures to inter
pret with music. They will be sur
rounded with the atmosphere OF
theater instead of that of a calss'
room. or
Besides the mammoth organ a 90
piece orchestra Is being assembled. II
will give orchestrtions one night {
week and during grand opera season
The opening of the theater vii
mark the end of the necessity of pre-
senting motion pictures in darkness
The usual cropping for seats and tn
inability to recognize faces until ones
ewes are accustomed to the darkness
will be eliminated. The lighting
which is the result of exhaustive re
search and experiments, will be SUI
! ficient for one to easily read his pro
gram but will not hinder the presen
tation of pictures.