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Home » Theater Guide » Location » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Paris Theatre
Also known as Plaza Cinema

Paris Theatre

Adelaide, South Australia
Arcade Lane
, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Australia
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 735
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
Paris Theatre
Vintage interior view of the Paris Theatre
Photo courtesy of KinoCQ/Australian Cinema and Theatre Society
Situated directly behind the Adelaide Regent Theatre, the Plaza was erected out of the old Embassy Ballroom. The cinema opened on Thursday October 27, 1955 with Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi in '"Summer Madness" (US title: 'Summertime'). Katharine Hepburn was there in person to officially open the theatre. Special sight lines and seating gave the 735 patrons an uninterrupted view of the screen in the one level cinema. It was the first Adelaide theatre especially built for CinemaScope presentations. The entrance was along a laneway, which ran beside the Regent Theatre. The main decorative motif inside the Plaza was a bold striking plaster moulding of Pegasus, the legendary winged-horse, curving away on each side of the proscenium. The main programming idea was to screen exclusive British product, but this could not be sustained and ended by June 1957. In April 1958 "Around the World in 80 Days" started its 45-week season in the new Todd-AO process. A new screen was installed, but within the confines of the original proscenium. In November 1959 the Plaza closed for 10 days for the installation of a new wrap-around screen and curtains which covered up the proscenium and the Pegasus motifs on the walls. The theatre opened again on Wednesday November 18, 1959 with "South Pacific" in Todd-AO, running for 82 weeks.

In February 1966, the Plaza was renamed the Paris and opened with its new signage with "The Sound of Music" in the Todd-AO process, lasting two years and three weeks. "The Sound of Music" concluded its long engagement on Saturday May 25, 1968. A few months later, after a few very minor features, the theatre closed and was completely demolished in 1968 to allow for the completion of a shopping arcade, which also decimated her beautiful sister theatre, the Regent.

In April 1969 a new cinema opened above the former Plaza/Paris with Julie Andrews in "Star!" Since that time it has been twinned and is still operating in 2001.
Contributed by KinoCQ/Australian Cinema And Theatre Society

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Sounds like this theatre is NOT demolished it is still open for business
posted by Rex on Apr 28, 2005 at 6:31pm
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