5th Avenue Cinema
66 5th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10011
66 5th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10011
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Previously operated by: Rugoff & Becker
Architects: Thomas White Lamb
Functions: Educational
Previous Names: 5th Avenue Playhouse, Cinema de Paris
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The 5th Avenue Playhouse was opened December 16, 1925. It was renamed Cinema de Paris on September 28, 1935. It was renamed 5th Avenue Cinema in 1954 when it was operated by Rugoff & Becker. A premiere art house in the Greenwich Village area of New York for many decades where the offerings were always synonymous with high quality. Satyajit Ray’s “Pather Panchali!” was introduced to New York moviegoers in this small venue. Pasolini’s “Accattone” had its first commercial run here. Closed in September 1974, the theatre building is now part of the New School for Social Research.
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This stopped showing films in 1973.
Renewing link.
I lived @ FIFTH AVENUE CINEMA mid-1960s-70s. Living 4 blocks south, at the Hotel Marlton 5 West 8th St., it was the movie theater of choice—-the Art and the 8th St.Playhouse were for the fairies & débutantes at NYU and the bridge-&-tunnel mutts who got off on “Rocky Horror Show” [hawk-ptoo]. I saw a double-bill here that can’t be beat—–“L'Aventura” / “Last Year At Marienbad”. Saw them again recently—-after all the jokes, these two are among the very few from the ‘60s to have survived, their power intact. The snapper here is that not only has Parson School Of Design taken over the 5th Ave. for an auditorium, they’ve taken over my old home, the Hotel Marlton for dorms !!! Am I to be spared nothing ??
My mom and I saw Dr.Strangelove here, after my Saturday morning children’s theater group at Mills College of Education, and lunch at the Schraffts 13th st. We saw other films, but Dr.Strangelove created the memory. The mural was fascinating to look at, at least for a child.
Any sign of the Hirshfeld mural?
The closing date is incorrect. The cinema closed in September 1974. After seeing two mentions here of a purported 1973 closing date, I recalled that the last thing I’d seen there was the closed circuit broadcast of the second Ali-Frazier fight — which took place in January 1974. A look into the New York Magazine archives showed the theater was open into the following September. The last showing was apparently a double bill of two erotic French films, Going Places (Les Valseuses) and Le Sex Shop.
This was with the France-Film circuit, which was based in Montreal, QC in the 1930’s.
Found on Newspapers.com
They also built Cinemas de Paris cinemas in Montreal, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Trois Rivieres. As of the time of this writings they own the St. Denis in Montreal.
It was Cinema de Paris for at least eight years.
It was called Cinema de Paris alternatively from 1935 to 1942 depending on the product being run.
Grand opening as Cinéma de Paris
France-Film Cinéma de Paris Sat, Sep 28, 1935 – 15 · The Tablet (Brooklyn, New York) · Newspapers.com