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Panoramas
Near Here:
Edge of Curtains
Auditorium
Behind
- South Side
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The
back side of the Villa's current screen, showing the
original draperies on the stage and a section of the
mural that has been hidden for over 40 years.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 29 November 2002 |
The right half of the
stage and its curtains. The back side of the
current screen is on the left.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 18 December
2002
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The waterfall curtain
on the right side of the stage.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 18 December
2002
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There was still scaffolding
in front of this mural on 9 December 1949, ten days
before opening.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Used by permission, Utah State
Historical Society, all rights reserved.
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This part of the auditorium's
mural has been hidden for more than 40 years. On
the left is the waterfall curtain for the stage. On
the right is the scaffolding for the speakers behind
the Cinerama screen.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 January
2003
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In 1960, a 100-foot Cinemiracle screen
was installed in front of the stage. The edge
of the screen came over to the wall, probably about
half-way through the figure of the woman who is standing.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January 2003
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At the same time that the Cinemiracle
screen was installed, the original red background
of the murals was painted over with a more nutral
purple color. You can see how the background
was painted over the head of the woman who is knealing,
but not over the woman who is standing.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 31 December 2002
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The woman with the bowl on her head.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
2003
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A closer view of the woman who is
standing. In the lower part of the photo you
can see some marks on the mural that may have been
caused by edge of the Cinemiracle screen
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 31 December 2002
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The woman who is kneeling or sitting
appears to be catching crabs.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 31 December
2002 |
The woman kneeling and catching crabs.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
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The woman who's kneeling and catching
crabs.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
2003
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The crabs in the net.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
2003
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A basket in the mural.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
2003
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A small tree in the mural, to the right
of the woman catching crabs.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January 2003
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The tassel on this side of the stage
has been cut off.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January 2003
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A tree in the mural.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January 2003
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A group of trees in the mural.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January 2003
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This section of the
mural has a long scratch in it, probably damage from
when the framework for the Cinerama screen was install.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
2003
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At the bottom of the
photo is an electrical box that may have been located
behind the Cinemiracle screen.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 9 December 2002 |
The motor for the Cinerama curtains.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 18 December
2002 |
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A section of floor in
front of the stage. It appears that something
was covering this spot when the floor was painted
and was later removed.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 23 January
2003 |
The lighting for the stage consisted
of seven sets of four bulbs that shined down in
front of the curtains. After the Cinerama
screen was installed new lights were installed
in the ceiling to shine down on the Cinerama curtains.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 18 December
2002
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The Villa's four subwoofers in front
of the curtains on the stage. On the left
is the screen. On the left is the cabinet
that houses the amps for the subwoofers.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 18 December
2002
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The amps for the subwoofers.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 29 August
2002
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The floor behind the Cinerama screen.
In the lower left corner is the edge of the stage
and the original auditorium exit is in the upper left
corner. The darker area of the floor, which
comes to a corner near the exit, is where the first
row of seats was.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 January 2003
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The ceiling behind the Cinerama screen.
In the upper left are the stage curtains, with the
waterfall curtain in the lower left. The back
side of the current screen is on the right.
If you look closely there is a cable with a loop on
the end that hangs down through a hole in the ceiling.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 January 2003
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