Paris Theater (Manhattan)
Single-screen movie theater in New York City From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Paris Theater is a 535-seat single-screen art house movie theater, located in Manhattan in New York City.[1] It opened on September 13, 1948. It often showed art films and foreign films in their original languages. Upon the 2016 closure of the Ziegfeld, the Paris became Manhattan's sole-surviving single-screen cinema. Since November 2019, it has been operated by Netflix, playing first-run releases alongside repertory programming.
.jpg) Exterior of theater (2019) | |
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| Address | 4 West 58th Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40.7638°N 73.9743°W |
| Owner | Stefan Soloviev[1] |
| Operator | Netflix (as of 2019)[3] |
| Type | Single-screen movie theater[1] |
| Capacity | 535[2] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 13, 1948[1][2] |
| Closed | August 2019[4] |
| Reopened | November 6, 2019 |
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The theater was opened by Pathé Cinema on September 13, 1948,[1] when actress Marlene Dietrich cut the inaugural ribbon in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to France.[2]
It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Emery Roth & Sons. It was one of the first designs produced by Richard Roth when he reorganized the firm after returning from duty in the Pacific during World War II. He later co-designed the Pan Am Building and the World Trade Center.
Located at 4 West 58th Street in Midtown Manhattan, it has specialized in foreign (especially French language) and independent films.[1][5] It is between the Solow Building and Bergdorf Goodman Building, across from the Plaza Hotel.[6] The theater became a destination for motion pictures by directors including Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli.[1]
In 1990, Pathé lost its lease.[7] Loews Theatres then took over the operation and it was known as the Fine Arts Theatre for a while.[2] In 1994 the space was purchased by Sheldon Solow, a New York City–based real-estate developer and owner.[1]
By 2009, City Cinemas was the theater's operator.[2] After the Ziegfeld closed in January 2016, the Paris became Manhattan's sole surviving single-screen cinema.[8] In August 2019, a notice of closure was posted.[4][9] In November 2019, it was announced that the cinema would reopen for a limited run of Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story (2019).[10] At that time, Netflix leased the Paris Theater to use it for Netflix-original movie debuts, special events and other screenings.[3][11] The Paris closed temporarily in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening in August 2021.[12][13] During the closure, Netflix installed new seating and made other improvements to the facility, which reopened August 6, 2021.[14]
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