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===1930=== Haïk engaged three architects for a significant [[renovation]] and remodeling of the music hall into a movie theater. Paul Farge was responsible for coordinating and monitoring works, while Gabriel Morice supervised the work of the [[structural system]] within the building.<ref name=":7">{{cite magazine |last=Audinet |first=Paul |date=December 1930 |title=L'Exploitation Moderne: L'Olympia |trans-title=The Modern Operation: The Olympia |url=https://www.la-belle-equipe.fr/2015/06/12/lolympia-salle-de-cinema-cinemagazine-1930/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Cinémagazine]] |language=fr |issue=11 |pages=49–56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506103949/https://www.la-belle-equipe.fr/2015/06/12/lolympia-salle-de-cinema-cinemagazine-1930/ |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |via=[[Ciné-Ressources]] & [[Cinémathèque Française]] }}</ref> In coordination with Farge, Jean-Paul Mongeaud was responsible for designing and constructing the new [[Neon lighting|neon lights]] facade displayed twelve meters high and eight meters wide.<ref name=":7"/> The neon tubes whose curves were drawn by Mongeaud were elaborated and created by engineer Fonsèque from Paz and Silva company. The two neon side panels, integrating over the facade's entire height, were also created by Paz and Silva.<ref name=":7"/> The facade, illuminated in red, blue, and green encompassing four hundred meters of neon tubes, was the most significant illuminated sign in Europe and a reference for that time. A [[blacksmith]] [[artisan]] created the ornamental steel structure of the facade.<ref name=":7"/> Pelegry and Lavignac, responsible for the [[Interior design|interior decorations]] of the [[Plaza Athénée]] and [[Théâtre des Folies-Wagram]], designed the ceilings and wall decorations in accordance with Farge.<ref name=":7"/> The theater featured quality [[architectural acoustics|acoustic]], indirect [[Architectural lighting design|lighting]], and Gallay brand [[velvet]] armchairs mingling dark green and light green.<ref name=":8"/> A [[Aristide Cavaillé-Coll|Cavaillé-Coll]] [[Pipe organ|organ]] was placed there.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":7"/> The Olympia–Théâtre Jacques Haïk was equipped with a modern sound installation for that time,<ref name="Goldemberg"/> which [[Western Electric]] installed, and the air conditioning was assigned to [[Willis Carrier]].<ref name=":7"/>
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