"Two acts of high class vaudeville, furnished by the United Booking Agency of New York, and three reels of moving pictures, with three performances daily, will be the entertainment policy of the New Star Theater which opens to the public next Monday night.
The first performance in the new house will be at 7:30 Monday night and thereafter performances will begin at 3:30, 7:30 and 9 o'clock each day, with an entire change of program each Monday and Thursday. An additional feature of the entertainments will be a six-piece orchestra under the direction of Violinist Henry Schellenberg, of Syracuse. The orchestra will comprise a piano, violin, clarinet, cornet, double-bass and drums.
The motion picture shown at the new playhouse will be the same as those supplied to the Keith, Proctor, Williams and other big eastern theaters. They will be thrown from a fire-proof enclosure in the rear of the balcony that is a model of safety.
The entire booth surrounding the picture machines is made of asbestos cement with an iron pipe leading to the outside of the building, so that there is no danger of an internal fire communicating to the theater proper.
Fire protection in the new building is one of the features of its construction. There are four large standpipes attached to which is an adequate supply of hose. Three large exits are on the west side of the building, leading to a cement roadway along the side of the building, through which the house can be emptied in a few minutes. Red lights will be burning at all times over these exits, as well as over the main doors in the rear of the theater.
Contractors are now hustling the building to completion for the opening date. Foreman Daniel McKenzie, for the firm of Sager & Hillock, was today finishing the construction work, while seats were being placed in position by Smith L. Carpenter, of the American Seating Company, of New York, and the decorating by George M. Downing was in progress.
The color scheme of the new theater will be most pleasing. The sidewalls of the auditorium are dark red with green borders and the ceiling and balcony rail are an ivory white with gold trimmings. The stairways and other woodwork are green and the lobby ceiling is finished in a dark gilt.
Other firms interested in the building of the theater are: heating and plumbing, P. M. Donohue; electric wiring, David-Brown Electric Company; hardware and glass windows, C. J. Rumsey & Company; fire escapes and marquise, Smith & Caffrey, of Syracuse, with D. C. Fleming in charge of the installation; scenery, The New York Studios, placed by William Camph. The architects were Gibbons & Waltz, of this city, with O. H. Waltz in personal charge.
The stage will be a model of perfection. It will be 30x18 with a height of 38 feet, permitting the use of large scenery.
The executive force at the new theater will be: general manager, Fred B. Howe; house manager, Charles L. Hamer; ticket office manager, Cyrus R. Campbell; stage manager, John A. Davenport; motion piucture electrician, Roger F. Dennis; door man, Charles W. House; head usher, Frank Caswell.
The program for Monday night will be announced in tomorrow's Star theater advertisement."