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PART OF THE THEATER GOING EXPERIENCE USED TO BE THE BUILDING ITSELF.
GOING EXPERIENCE USED TO BE THE BUILDING ITSELF. IN AURORA, PATRONS CAN RELIVE
BUILDING ITSELF. IN AURORA, PATRONS CAN RELIVE PART OF THAT FEELING AT THE
IN AURORA, PATRONS CAN RELIVE PART OF THAT FEELING AT THE PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTER.
PART OF THAT FEELING AT THE PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTER. >> ACTUALLY OPENED IN SEPTEMBER
PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTER. >> ACTUALLY OPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1931 AND ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY
>> ACTUALLY OPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1931 AND ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY WAS TO BE CALLED THE VENETIAN.
OF 1931 AND ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY WAS TO BE CALLED THE VENETIAN. ONE OF THE OWNERS HAD BEEN ON A
WAS TO BE CALLED THE VENETIAN. ONE OF THE OWNERS HAD BEEN ON A TRIP TO VENICE.
ONE OF THE OWNERS HAD BEEN ON A TRIP TO VENICE. WANTED TO MODEL ON THE RIVER
TRIP TO VENICE. WANTED TO MODEL ON THE RIVER HERE, REMIND HIM OF HIS TRIP TO
WANTED TO MODEL ON THE RIVER HERE, REMIND HIM OF HIS TRIP TO VEN AS.
HERE, REMIND HIM OF HIS TRIP TO VEN AS. THAT COMPANY WAS BOUGHT BY THE
VEN AS. THAT COMPANY WAS BOUGHT BY THE PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKE WHICH IS
THAT COMPANY WAS BOUGHT BY THE PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKE WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY FOR PARAMOUNT
PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKE WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY FOR PARAMOUNT STUDIOS.
THE PARENT COMPANY FOR PARAMOUNT STUDIOS. THAT'S HOW IT GOT ITS NAME.
STUDIOS. THAT'S HOW IT GOT ITS NAME. THERE IS A GAZEBO IN THE OUTER
THAT'S HOW IT GOT ITS NAME. THERE IS A GAZEBO IN THE OUTER LOBBY WHICH ACTUALLY USED TO BE
THERE IS A GAZEBO IN THE OUTER LOBBY WHICH ACTUALLY USED TO BE OUTSIDE ENCLOSED LATER DURING
LOBBY WHICH ACTUALLY USED TO BE OUTSIDE ENCLOSED LATER DURING THE RENOVATION.
OUTSIDE ENCLOSED LATER DURING THE RENOVATION. IT IS ACTUALLY FROM EARLIER
THE RENOVATION. IT IS ACTUALLY FROM EARLIER THEATER, REALTO WHICH STOOD ON
IT IS ACTUALLY FROM EARLIER THEATER, REALTO WHICH STOOD ON THE SAME SITE BURN DOWN IN 1928.
THEATER, REALTO WHICH STOOD ON THE SAME SITE BURN DOWN IN 1928. THAT GAZEBO IS ACTUALLY FROM THE
THE SAME SITE BURN DOWN IN 1928. THAT GAZEBO IS ACTUALLY FROM THE EARLIER THEATER.
THAT GAZEBO IS ACTUALLY FROM THE EARLIER THEATER. THERE IS A TICKET SITTER INSIDE
EARLIER THEATER. THERE IS A TICKET SITTER INSIDE THE GAZEBO DATED AROUND 1915.
THERE IS A TICKET SITTER INSIDE THE GAZEBO DATED AROUND 1915. >> BEYOND THE GAZEBO IS THE MAIN
THE GAZEBO DATED AROUND 1915. >> BEYOND THE GAZEBO IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
>> BEYOND THE GAZEBO IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. HERE THE CEILING IS DROPPED TO
ENTRANCE. HERE THE CEILING IS DROPPED TO CREATE MORE CONFINED SPACE WHICH
HERE THE CEILING IS DROPPED TO CREATE MORE CONFINED SPACE WHICH IS OUTLINED BY DECORATIVE TILES.
CREATE MORE CONFINED SPACE WHICH IS OUTLINED BY DECORATIVE TILES. INSIDE, PATRONS ENTER INTO A
IS OUTLINED BY DECORATIVE TILES. INSIDE, PATRONS ENTER INTO A SOARING LOBBY OVER TWO STORIES
INSIDE, PATRONS ENTER INTO A SOARING LOBBY OVER TWO STORIES TALL, DOMINATED BY A LARGE
SOARING LOBBY OVER TWO STORIES TALL, DOMINATED BY A LARGE CHAINED HERE WHOSE LIGHT IS
TALL, DOMINATED BY A LARGE CHAINED HERE WHOSE LIGHT IS REFLECTED IN THE TWO LARGE
CHAINED HERE WHOSE LIGHT IS REFLECTED IN THE TWO LARGE MIRRORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER.
REFLECTED IN THE TWO LARGE MIRRORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER. THE THEATER IS COMBINATION OF
MIRRORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER. THE THEATER IS COMBINATION OF ART DECO AND VENETIAN THEME.
THE THEATER IS COMBINATION OF ART DECO AND VENETIAN THEME. THEY HAVE A VENETIAN THEME.
ART DECO AND VENETIAN THEME. THEY HAVE A VENETIAN THEME. JJ RUBEN HAD BEEN ON A TRIP
THEY HAVE A VENETIAN THEME. JJ RUBEN HAD BEEN ON A TRIP THERE, AND WANTED TO HAVE THE
JJ RUBEN HAD BEEN ON A TRIP THERE, AND WANTED TO HAVE THE THEATER IF LIKE THAT.
THERE, AND WANTED TO HAVE THE THEATER IF LIKE THAT. >> THEY ARE EXACT REPLICA OF THE
THEATER IF LIKE THAT. >> THEY ARE EXACT REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL.
>> THEY ARE EXACT REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL. THEY HAD TO BE REDONE DURING THE
ORIGINAL. THEY HAD TO BE REDONE DURING THE RENOVATION BECAUSE THEY WERE
THEY HAD TO BE REDONE DURING THE RENOVATION BECAUSE THEY WERE BADLY DETERIORATED.
RENOVATION BECAUSE THEY WERE BADLY DETERIORATED. GOLD COLUMNS IN BETWEEN THE
BADLY DETERIORATED. GOLD COLUMNS IN BETWEEN THE MURALS ORIGINALLY COVERED IN
GOLD COLUMNS IN BETWEEN THE MURALS ORIGINALLY COVERED IN GERMAN COLD LEAF.
MURALS ORIGINALLY COVERED IN GERMAN COLD LEAF. THEY USED GOIL FOIL LOOK TO GIVE
GERMAN COLD LEAF. THEY USED GOIL FOIL LOOK TO GIVE THE SAME KIND OF LOOK.
THEY USED GOIL FOIL LOOK TO GIVE THE SAME KIND OF LOOK. THE WALL SCONES ARE ORIGINAL
THE SAME KIND OF LOOK. THE WALL SCONES ARE ORIGINAL FROM 1931.
THE WALL SCONES ARE ORIGINAL FROM 1931. >> BILLOWING OUT FROM THE LIGHT,
FROM 1931. >> BILLOWING OUT FROM THE LIGHT, HAND PAINTED DESIGN RESEMBLES
>> BILLOWING OUT FROM THE LIGHT, HAND PAINTED DESIGN RESEMBLES FLAMES REACHING UPWARD INTO THE
HAND PAINTED DESIGN RESEMBLES FLAMES REACHING UPWARD INTO THE EVENING SKY.
FLAMES REACHING UPWARD INTO THE EVENING SKY. ABOVE, IS THE LARGE STAR PATTERN
EVENING SKY. ABOVE, IS THE LARGE STAR PATTERN AT WHOSE CENTER IS AN UNUSUAL
ABOVE, IS THE LARGE STAR PATTERN AT WHOSE CENTER IS AN UNUSUAL CHAN DID HE HERE.
AT WHOSE CENTER IS AN UNUSUAL CHAN DID HE HERE. INSIDE THE HOUSE THAT IS THE
CHAN DID HE HERE. INSIDE THE HOUSE THAT IS THE ORIGINAL CHANDELIER, 100 PETALS
INSIDE THE HOUSE THAT IS THE ORIGINAL CHANDELIER, 100 PETALS AND A LOT OF LIGHTS, THAT CAN BE
ORIGINAL CHANDELIER, 100 PETALS AND A LOT OF LIGHTS, THAT CAN BE LOWERED SIX FEET TO THE FLOOR
AND A LOT OF LIGHTS, THAT CAN BE LOWERED SIX FEET TO THE FLOOR FOR CHANGING LIGHTS AND THE REST
LOWERED SIX FEET TO THE FLOOR FOR CHANGING LIGHTS AND THE REST OF THE ARTWORK ON THE CEILING IS
FOR CHANGING LIGHTS AND THE REST OF THE ARTWORK ON THE CEILING IS MAGNIFICENT.
OF THE ARTWORK ON THE CEILING IS MAGNIFICENT. DURING THE RENOVATION, ONLY 20%
MAGNIFICENT. DURING THE RENOVATION, ONLY 20% HAD TO BE REDONE, THE OTHER 80%
DURING THE RENOVATION, ONLY 20% HAD TO BE REDONE, THE OTHER 80% JUST TOUCHED UP A LITTLE BIT.
HAD TO BE REDONE, THE OTHER 80% JUST TOUCHED UP A LITTLE BIT. >> ORIGINALLY WHEN THE THEATER
JUST TOUCHED UP A LITTLE BIT. >> ORIGINALLY WHEN THE THEATER WAS OPEN, THEY SHOWED MOVIES AND
>> ORIGINALLY WHEN THE THEATER WAS OPEN, THEY SHOWED MOVIES AND HAD VAUDEVILLE ACTS.
WAS OPEN, THEY SHOWED MOVIES AND HAD VAUDEVILLE ACTS. THEY HAD LIVE PERFORMANCES.
HAD VAUDEVILLE ACTS. THEY HAD LIVE PERFORMANCES. I DO KNOW WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED
THEY HAD LIVE PERFORMANCES. I DO KNOW WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED THE THEATER IN THE
I DO KNOW WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED THE THEATER IN THE 1930'S,BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION
THE THEATER IN THE 1930'S,BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION WITH PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, SOME
1930'S,BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION WITH PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, SOME PARAMOUNT STARS DID SEND
WITH PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, SOME PARAMOUNT STARS DID SEND TELEGRAMS, AND WELL WISHES FOR
PARAMOUNT STARS DID SEND TELEGRAMS, AND WELL WISHES FOR THE PARAMOUNT THEATER.
TELEGRAMS, AND WELL WISHES FOR THE PARAMOUNT THEATER. ONE NAME I REMEMBER IS CLAUDETTE
THE PARAMOUNT THEATER. ONE NAME I REMEMBER IS CLAUDETTE COLBERT.
ONE NAME I REMEMBER IS CLAUDETTE COLBERT. >> THE SEATS ARE ORIGINAL, BUT
COLBERT. >> THE SEATS ARE ORIGINAL, BUT THE FABRIC COVERINGS WERE
>> THE SEATS ARE ORIGINAL, BUT THE FABRIC COVERINGS WERE CHANGED DIEWRLG THE RENOVATION.
THE FABRIC COVERINGS WERE CHANGED DIEWRLG THE RENOVATION. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AIR
CHANGED DIEWRLG THE RENOVATION. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AIR COOLED BUILDING OUTSIDE THE CITY
IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AIR COOLED BUILDING OUTSIDE THE CITY OF THE CHICAGO.
COOLED BUILDING OUTSIDE THE CITY OF THE CHICAGO. THEY ARE MUSHROOM SHAPED CAPS
OF THE CHICAGO. THEY ARE MUSHROOM SHAPED CAPS THAT ARE THE AIR RETURNS FOR
THEY ARE MUSHROOM SHAPED CAPS THAT ARE THE AIR RETURNS FOR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM IN
THAT ARE THE AIR RETURNS FOR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM IN THE THEATER.
HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM IN THE THEATER. >> PARAMOUNT, LIKE ITS
THE THEATER. >> PARAMOUNT, LIKE ITS CONTEMPORARIES ALSO HAD ITS OWN
>> PARAMOUNT, LIKE ITS CONTEMPORARIES ALSO HAD ITS OWN ORGAN WITH PIPES LOCATED ON
CONTEMPORARIES ALSO HAD ITS OWN ORGAN WITH PIPES LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STAGE.
ORGAN WITH PIPES LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STAGE. EVEN THOUGH THE ORGAN IS GONE,
EITHER SIDE OF THE STAGE. EVEN THOUGH THE ORGAN IS GONE, THE THEATER IS STILL HOSTING
EVEN THOUGH THE ORGAN IS GONE, THE THEATER IS STILL HOSTING LIVE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE
THE THEATER IS STILL HOSTING LIVE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
LIVE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. >> -- PARAMOUNT IS VERY
YEAR. >> -- PARAMOUNT IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXCELLENT SITE
>> -- PARAMOUNT IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXCELLENT SITE LINES AND ACOUSTICS.
FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXCELLENT SITE LINES AND ACOUSTICS. THERE ARE NO OBSTRUCTIONS, NO
LINES AND ACOUSTICS. THERE ARE NO OBSTRUCTIONS, NO POLES TO OB STRUCK YOUR VIEW.
THERE ARE NO OBSTRUCTIONS, NO POLES TO OB STRUCK YOUR VIEW. IT IS WONDERFUL PLACE TO SEE A
POLES TO OB STRUCK YOUR VIEW. IT IS WONDERFUL PLACE TO SEE A SHOW.
IT IS WONDERFUL PLACE TO SEE A SHOW. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THE
SHOW. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THE ORCHESTRA PIT IS TOO LOUD.
THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THE ORCHESTRA PIT IS TOO LOUD. WHEN YOU HAVE OPERA SINGERS,
ORCHESTRA PIT IS TOO LOUD. WHEN YOU HAVE OPERA SINGERS, SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE MUSCLED.
WHEN YOU HAVE OPERA SINGERS, SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE MUSCLED. YOU WOULD THINK THE OPPOSITE
SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE MUSCLED. YOU WOULD THINK THE OPPOSITE WOULD BE TRUE.
YOU WOULD THINK THE OPPOSITE WOULD BE TRUE. THE THEATER IS IT STILL
WOULD BE TRUE. THE THEATER IS IT STILL ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, A HUNDRED
THE THEATER IS IT STILL ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR COME
ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR COME THROUGH HERE.
THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR COME THROUGH HERE. I BELIEVE THE PARAMOUNT IS THE
THROUGH HERE. I BELIEVE THE PARAMOUNT IS THE OLDEST THEATER THAT'S STILL OPEN
I BELIEVE THE PARAMOUNT IS THE OLDEST THEATER THAT'S STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HERE IN AURORA.
OLDEST THEATER THAT'S STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HERE IN AURORA. WE OFFERED TOURS TO SCHEDULE
TO THE PUBLIC HERE IN AURORA. WE OFFERED TOURS TO SCHEDULE INDIVIDUALLY, TWO DOLLARS A
WE OFFERED TOURS TO SCHEDULE INDIVIDUALLY, TWO DOLLARS A PERSON BEING AND CALL OUR OFFICE
INDIVIDUALLY, TWO DOLLARS A PERSON BEING AND CALL OUR OFFICE TO MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, AND
PERSON BEING AND CALL OUR OFFICE TO MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, AND WE ARE GLAD TO DO THAT, AND LE
TO MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, AND WE ARE GLAD TO DO THAT, AND LE THEY ALSO INCLUDE A LOOK AT THE
WE ARE GLAD TO DO THAT, AND LE THEY ALSO INCLUDE A LOOK AT THE BACK STAGE AREA.
THEY ALSO INCLUDE A LOOK AT THE BACK STAGE AREA. >>
TO REACH THE TICKET OFFICE FOR THE PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTER IN AURORA, CALL (630)896-6666.