Opened 13 September 1948 Owner Sheldon Solow | Capacity 581 Function Movie theater | |
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Address 4 West 58th Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States Operator City Cinemas (Reading International) (as of 2009) Type Single-screen movie theater Similar Paris Theatre, Film Forum, IFC Center, Oregon Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Perfor | ||
The Paris Theater is a 581-seat single-screen movie theater, located in Manhattan in New York City. It often shows art films and foreign films in their original languages. By the announcement on Jan. 20, 2016 of the closing of the Ziegfeld, the Paris became Manhattan's sole-surviving single-screen cinema.
Contents
- Map of 4 W 58th St New York NY 10019 USA
- History
- Management and ownership
- Other art cinemas in Manhattan
- References
Map of 4 W 58th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
History
The theater was opened by Pathé Cinema on September 13, 1948, when actress Marlene Dietrich cut the inaugural ribbon in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to France.
Located at 4 West 58th Street, just west of Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, it has specialized in foreign (especially French language) and independent films. It is located across the street from the Plaza Hotel.
The theater has been a destination for many of the city's intellectuals and movie connoisseurs, as motion pictures by directors including Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli have been shown.
Management and ownership
In the early 1990s, Pathé lost its lease. Loews Theatres then took over the operation and it was known as the Fine Arts Theatre for a while. In 1994 the space was purchased by Sheldon Solow, a New York City–based real-estate developer and owner.
As of 2009, City Cinemas was the theater's operator.