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he started his own practice.
The firm of Bohringer,
Taylor and Johnson appears
to have been registered as a
company in November 1926.
Ronald Morton Taylor was
born in Melbourne in 1896
and lived in Russell Street
Camberwell and served in
the armed forces between
1916 until he returned home
in December 1918. Frank
Norman Johnson (1888-
1967) was Financial Advisor
for the firm.

William Thomas Leighton
(1905-1990) was invited to
join the firm as an architect
in 1928. He was born in
Fremantle, and stayed on to
work on the design for the Les Waldron at the Wurlitzer
State Melbourne and Civic
Auckland. John Eberson had provided the designs for
the Capitol despite not being given credit for
Two other men had it, but the drawings for the foyers of the
The decorative features, left of the proscenium important roles with the Ambassadors were prepared by Bohringer
company. They were and company and all the plaster and modeling
blue sky, the statuary around the walls and the Herman Howard Bonner (1904-1975) who was done locally. The theatre had 42 statues
trees that edge the auditorium. was listed as the managing architect for the in all, and a cape worn by Rudolph Valentino
company, and Arnold Zimmerman (1897- in the movie Blood and Sand was hanging
Charles Bohringer (1891-1962) was born in 1985) who was born in Switzerland and came somewhere in the building. It was one of three
Basel, Switzerland, came to Australia in to Australia in 1923. He was in charge of the that were made, the other two residing in the
around 1914 and began as a draftsman for decorative staff and had previously worked Capitol Theatre in Chicago and the Riviera
Henry White. It was not long afterwards that for Bruce Dellit and Henry White. Theatre in Omaha.
Stairway entrance from upper lounge foyer - based on the Rialto Bridge, Venice.

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