Paris Theatre
4 West 58th Street | Midtown | built 1948
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- 1948
The Paris Theatre opens with Marlene Dietrich cutting the ribbon
Pathé Cinema opens the Paris Theatre on September 13, 1948, with actress Marlene Dietrich cutting the ribbon in front of the U.S. Ambassador to France. The firm of Emery Roth & Sons designs it, in one of Richard Roth's first projects after he reorganized the firm following his wartime service. The single-screen house goes on to specialize in art films and foreign films in their original languages.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1990
Pathé loses its lease and Loews takes over the Paris
Pathé loses its lease on the Paris Theatre in 1990, and Loews Theatres takes over its operation. For a time the theater is known as the Fine Arts Theatre. In 1994 the real estate developer Sheldon Solow buys the space.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1994
Developer Sheldon Solow buys the space that holds the Paris Theater
In 1994, four years after Pathe lost its lease and Loews took over, the real-estate developer Sheldon Solow bought the space occupied by the Paris. The theater, at 4 West 58th Street, sits between the Solow Building and the Bergdorf Goodman Building, opposite the Plaza Hotel. By 2009 City Cinemas was operating it, and it still specialized in foreign and independent films.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2016
The Ziegfeld closes, leaving the Paris as Manhattan's only surviving single-screen cinema
When the Ziegfeld closed in January 2016, the Paris, open since 1948, became the last single-screen cinema in Manhattan. The house had long shown foreign films, especially French-language ones, along with independent releases, and became a destination for movies by directors including Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2019
The Paris closes when its lease ends, after a run of the Pavarotti documentary
In late August 2019 the Paris closed after 71 years, with a note in its window saying the lease had ended. Its last booking was the Pavarotti documentary, and the theater alone brought in nearly 9 percent of that film's domestic gross, even though the picture played in over 300 theaters. IndieWire called it the nation's last single-screen cinema dedicated to first-run platform releases. Another theater owned by the same landlord, the Beekman on the Upper East Side, closed too.
Source: indiewire.com
- 2019
Netflix reopens the Paris with a run of Marriage Story
A closure notice goes up in August 2019, when the Paris is Manhattan's only surviving single-screen cinema. Netflix then leases the theater for debuts of its own films, special events, and other screenings. It reopens on November 6, 2019, with a limited run of Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story."
Source: Wikipedia
- 2021
The Paris reopens after a pandemic closure
The Paris closes temporarily in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the closure Netflix installs new seating and makes other improvements to the 535-seat theater. It reopens on August 6, 2021.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2023
Netflix announces Dolby Atmos sound and the return of 70mm projection at the Paris
On August 9, 2023, Netflix said it had installed Dolby Atmos sound at the Paris, which with over 500 seats it called the largest Atmos cinema in Manhattan. It also announced that 70mm projection was returning for the first time in 15 years. To show off the upgrade it scheduled a Big & Loud series for September 1 to 7, pairing 70mm presentations of films such as Lawrence of Arabia and 2001: A Space Odyssey with Atmos showings of The Matrix and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Source: about.netflix.com
Further reading
- Paris Theater (Manhattan)Wikipedia
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