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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4118497, member: 17073"]<b>The Stage</b></p><p><br /></p><p> A stage 200 feet square and suggestive of an ancient Aztec temple has been designed especially for the exposition and will be built in the center of the coliseum. This stage has three graduated levels–the top for bands and orchestras; the next level for spectacles and ballets; and the main stage for the floats and pageants. These pageants and spectacles will be limited to evening performances, while concerts will take place in the afternoons so that attention during the day will not be diverted from the exhibits.”<b>5</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>5. <i>The American Cinematographer</i>, Film Exposition Rounding Into Shape; Apex of Cinema Achievement To Be Reflected In Monroe Doctrine Centennial; International Interest Aroused By Motion Picture Industry’s Huge Undertaking, April, 1923, p. 9, 10 & 22.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068000[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Miss Ruth Roland, motion picture star, and F. S. McGinnis, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific are shown above as the Momus Special was about to leave Los Angeles on April 8. Courtesy <i>Southern Pacific (Railroad) Bulletin</i>, May 1923, p. 19.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“A party of 100 passengers, including representatives of the American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition, to be held in Los Angeles during July, made the trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans on the ‘Momus Special’ excursion of the Southern Pacific Company.</p><p><br /></p><p>The excursionists left Los Angeles April 8 on a special train operated as the second section of the Sunset Limited and arrived in New Orleans on April 10. After some time spent in sightseeing, the steamer Momus was boarded the following morning for the delightful sea voyage to New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>Miss Ruth Roland, heroine of many film serials, and Garrett Graham represented the Revue and Exposition on the trip and at each stop between Los Angeles and New Orleans Miss Roland held an informal reception on the observation platform, delivering invitations to public officials to attend the opening of the exposition on the night of July 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>The train was also equipped with a radio broadcasting and receiving set which was operated by L. C. McIntosh of the Telegraph Department of the Southern Pacific and Major Frank Creswell, Radio Engineer of the Western Research Radio Laboratory.</p><p><br /></p><p>A special Southern Pacific radio program was broadcasted from the Los Angeles Examiner station just before the ‘Momus Special’ departed from Los Angeles. The program, which won much commendation, was heard by passengers on the train, as well as by persons ‘listening in’ at thousands of receiving stations in the West.</p><p><br /></p><p>The program was arranged by Mr. McIntosh and was participated in by Misses Laureta Brown, Eva Ballard, Fern Cole and Beulah Lilly, Mrs. E. Carey, C. C. Eby, Herbert Lilly and Josiah Lyons.</p><p><br /></p><p>All are employees of the southern Pacific’s Telegraph Department at Los Angeles, with the exception of Mr. Lilly and his sister. Mr. Lilly is file clerk in the office of T. H. Williams, Assistant General Manager.</p><p><br /></p><p>Representatives of both the Passenger and the Operating departments between Los Angeles and New Orleans did much to assure the success of the special excursion.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the train special menus of delicious southern dishes were prepared by the Commissary Department. During the steamer trip from New Orleans to New York Captain C. P. Maxson arranged special entertainment, including a costume party and ball”<b>6</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>6.</b> <b><i>The Southern Pacific Bulletin</i>, ‘Momus Special’ Carries Boosters, San Francisco, May 23, 1923, p. 19.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4118497, member: 17073"][B]The Stage[/B] A stage 200 feet square and suggestive of an ancient Aztec temple has been designed especially for the exposition and will be built in the center of the coliseum. This stage has three graduated levels–the top for bands and orchestras; the next level for spectacles and ballets; and the main stage for the floats and pageants. These pageants and spectacles will be limited to evening performances, while concerts will take place in the afternoons so that attention during the day will not be diverted from the exhibits.”[B]5[/B] [B]5. [I]The American Cinematographer[/I], Film Exposition Rounding Into Shape; Apex of Cinema Achievement To Be Reflected In Monroe Doctrine Centennial; International Interest Aroused By Motion Picture Industry’s Huge Undertaking, April, 1923, p. 9, 10 & 22.[/B] [ATTACH=full]1068000[/ATTACH] [B]Miss Ruth Roland, motion picture star, and F. S. McGinnis, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific are shown above as the Momus Special was about to leave Los Angeles on April 8. Courtesy [I]Southern Pacific (Railroad) Bulletin[/I], May 1923, p. 19.[/B] “A party of 100 passengers, including representatives of the American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition, to be held in Los Angeles during July, made the trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans on the ‘Momus Special’ excursion of the Southern Pacific Company. The excursionists left Los Angeles April 8 on a special train operated as the second section of the Sunset Limited and arrived in New Orleans on April 10. After some time spent in sightseeing, the steamer Momus was boarded the following morning for the delightful sea voyage to New York. Miss Ruth Roland, heroine of many film serials, and Garrett Graham represented the Revue and Exposition on the trip and at each stop between Los Angeles and New Orleans Miss Roland held an informal reception on the observation platform, delivering invitations to public officials to attend the opening of the exposition on the night of July 2. The train was also equipped with a radio broadcasting and receiving set which was operated by L. C. McIntosh of the Telegraph Department of the Southern Pacific and Major Frank Creswell, Radio Engineer of the Western Research Radio Laboratory. A special Southern Pacific radio program was broadcasted from the Los Angeles Examiner station just before the ‘Momus Special’ departed from Los Angeles. The program, which won much commendation, was heard by passengers on the train, as well as by persons ‘listening in’ at thousands of receiving stations in the West. The program was arranged by Mr. McIntosh and was participated in by Misses Laureta Brown, Eva Ballard, Fern Cole and Beulah Lilly, Mrs. E. Carey, C. C. Eby, Herbert Lilly and Josiah Lyons. All are employees of the southern Pacific’s Telegraph Department at Los Angeles, with the exception of Mr. Lilly and his sister. Mr. Lilly is file clerk in the office of T. H. Williams, Assistant General Manager. Representatives of both the Passenger and the Operating departments between Los Angeles and New Orleans did much to assure the success of the special excursion. On the train special menus of delicious southern dishes were prepared by the Commissary Department. During the steamer trip from New Orleans to New York Captain C. P. Maxson arranged special entertainment, including a costume party and ball”[B]6[/B] [B]6.[/B] [B][I]The Southern Pacific Bulletin[/I], ‘Momus Special’ Carries Boosters, San Francisco, May 23, 1923, p. 19.[/B][/QUOTE]
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