Montage du jour : Le cinéma Palace

5 comments

1. Sigh. I miss the $2.50 repertory movies, only $1.50 if you skipped class and went to a matinee.

2. I have always been a little dissapointed that we haven’t tried to keep at least ONE grand old theatre on Ste Catherine street as just that, a grand theatre. Much like the Ziegfeld in NYC that is used for major blockbusters, premieres, etc….

   I kinda sense that the desire to experience a movie in an old movie house will make a come back. Either the Loews (Capitol) or the Palace will certainly do the trick. If there is any old theatre in Montreal that can be marketed in the right way, it has got to be one on Ste Catherine street.

3. About the only surviving one I can think of around there is the Cinéma Impérial on Bleury.

   Théâtre Outremont has been restored and has re-opened, but it is mostly used for live shows – they do have cinema screenings, on Monday evenings I believe.

   In my neighbourhood, we have the benefit of Cinéma Beaubien, but it has also been chopped up into small salles. At least it isn’t a mega-complex.

   At least in this picture the building exterior is more or less intact – the horrible strip club frontage beside it is a real eyesore.

   There should be more by-laws about signage – a lot of the signage in the city centre is very, very tacky and detracts from some worthy buildings.

   The other comeback I long for is the tramlines.

4. It is too bad that the Cinéma Impérial isn’t more of an “active” cinema that runs films on a regular basis. The government pours scads of money into restoring it, but then restricts it to being rented for the film festival and special events

5. …”bijouterie”… c’est par pudeur que vous avez omis de mentionner le Club Super Sexe avec lequel elle partage le bâtiment?