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Home » Theater Guide » Location » Canada » Quebec » Montreal » Loew's Theatre
Also known as Théâtre Loew's

Loew's Theatre

Montreal, Quebec
952 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest
, Montreal, Quebec H3B 1H1 Canada
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Adam
Function: Gym, Retail
Seats: 2853
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Thomas W. Lamb
Firm: Unknown
Loew's Theatre
Circa-2002 exterior view of the former Loew's Theatre
Photo courtesy of Mike Rivest
Opened on November 19, 1917, Loew's Theatre was Montreal's grandest movie palace. The theater originally featured vaudeville before becoming a venue solely for motion pictures in 1940.

Loew's closed in 1975 after the last showing of "Jaws". In December 1976, the theater reopened with five screens with cinema one in the former orchestra area, cinema three in the balcony, cinema two over the orchestra, and cinema four and five in the backstage area. The opening movie was "King Kong" in all five cinemas, French in Cinema 1 and Italian in Screen 3.

The Loew's was closed in October 1999, then part of the Famous Players chain.

During 2000 the division between the five screens was demolished, restoring the original single auditorium configuration.

Club Med World opened in the former theater building in 2001, but closed in March, 2003. Since 2004, the former lobby area has been used for retail, while the former auditorium was transformed into a gym in 2005.
Contributed by Mike Rivest

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Club Med World closed in March 2003, the building is now up for sale, no takers as of Dec 2003

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posted by Mike Rivest on Dec 17, 2003 at 4:27pm
a Foot Locker store opened in the entryway of the Loew's on June 7,2004, the main auditorium area with a seperate entrance on Mansfield is still "a vendre ou louer"
posted by Mike Rivest on Jun 7, 2004 at 3:40pm
In the wake of modern suburban movie theatre chains, the Loews Theatre was the one cinema that still managed to covey to its visitors the pure magic of 'an evening at the movies'. I do not understand why it was abandoned, and why not a soul has stepped forward to restore this movie theatre to its original status of "Grande Dame" ruling over St. Catherine's Street. In my opinion, it was a true Montreal landmark, and it saddens me to see it advance in the various stages of its final decay.
posted by Chris P. on Jul 7, 2004 at 10:02am
The theatre was similar in size and design to Lamb's Palace Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, which had its grand opening on that same day (November 19, 1917)!
posted by Warren G. Harris on Jul 17, 2004 at 5:46am
a gym is opening in jan. 2005 in the auditorium section of the building, it is called club mansfield and the website is at clubmansfield.ca. it will be quite a gym.
posted by Mike Rivest on Nov 18, 2004 at 4:00pm
This old postcard shows several Rue Saint Catherine movie theatres including the Cinema de Paris, Palace, Capitol, Strand, Loew's.
posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Apr 12, 2005 at 7:34am
Here's another from the 1960s with Loew's, the Pigalle, the Capitol.
posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Apr 12, 2005 at 10:50am
Their web page at www.clubmansfield.ca has some photos in its slide shows. Looks like they have restored a fair amount of the auditorium and lobby decorations; mostly painted pure white, with some significant details in gold. It is definitely quite a gym!
posted by spectrum on Oct 20, 2007 at 9:35am
A Moller theater organ opus 2585 size 3/24 was installed in the Loew's Theater in 1919.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 22, 2007 at 4:48pm
1972 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 25, 2009 at 4:59pm
This is a night photo from around 1970.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 15, 2009 at 2:50pm
Great site and pictures.
posted by tlsloews on Nov 4, 2009 at 7:03pm
From the early 1970s, a postcard view of Loew's in Montreal.

Don...

posted by Don Lewis on Nov 7, 2009 at 7:05am
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