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A black and silver thirty-four-foot jugger-
naut of the road, just completed in Califor-
nia, will bring talking movies to country
dwellers, in towns too small to boast the-
aters of their own. The huge bus carries a
complete talkie theater in its spacious
interior. When the bus is drawn up at the
side of a road and two doors at the rear
are opened, a screen is disclosed. An
audience of 2.000 can see and hear the
pictures that are projected upon it from
inside the bus.
Elaborate living accommodations will
make its crew of six comfortable during a
projected tour of the United States. Pull-
man-like berths, a shower bath, and a
complete kitchen with a refrigerator and
At top, the strange looking vehicle is a an electric hot water heater are among its
complete movie theatre on wheels run by fixtures. The driver’s “pilot house” is on a
its own power and meant to visit small second level above the “engine room,”
western towns. Above, within the projec- and is reached by a stairway.
tion room; at right, one of the Pullman
berths. An automatic sprinkler system Under the screen at the rear of this land
cruiser are the huge horns that supply
has been installed to protect the projector sound for the talkies. They are fed with
operator
electricity from a built-in gasolinepowe-
