Loew's Theatre
952 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest,
Montreal,
QC
H3B 1H1
952 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest,
Montreal,
QC
H3B 1H1
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Fire insurance plan of the theatre at http://services.banq.qc.ca/sdx/cep/document.xsp?app=ca.BAnQ.sdx.cep&db=notice&id=0000174385&n=89&col=pai&order=ascendant&f=region_nav&v=montreal%23%23%23Montr%C3%A9al&sortfield=date_publication&&p=5&chpp=20&dbrqp=query_notice&qid=sdx_q0&eview=CARTES_PLANS/174385/174385_59.tif
The theatre was heated from a building at the site of 4 PVM. The heat went underneath Mansfield to the Sun Life Bdg and than to the Loew’s.
my dad was manger of loews in 1960,s and i used to play in the theater as i grew up i explored .Ifound a basment with tunnels that ran under the theater as far the sun life building loews was a grand theater
I worked there in 1978 as an usher, I think we were at least 20 ushers at that time, we had so much fun there, used to go sit behind the big screen in Cinema1. On Saturday nights all ushers were working at the same time, each of us were making animal noises in the main lobby, it sounded like a real jungle. I remember lots of cool people from that time, unfortunately they are all only in memory.
Thanks for posting the photo and Ads rivest266.
I posted a postcard picture along with the grand opening ads from 1917 and 1976.
While in Montreal for Expo 67 I saw Two For the Road here. English with French subtitles. As with smart films playing in foreign markets (I remember the audience in Ghent at a Touch of Class sitting silently while I was laughing)it didn’t go over too well with the locals.
Thanks Mike for the information.
View link has the answer
Thanks Mike Rivest,what is bill 101?
In the 1970’s it changed from Loew’s to Loews 5 (and Eaton’s to Eaton) due to bill 101.
Mike opening day ad says Loews Vaudeville Theatres.A.K.A?
Great postcard veiw Don Lewis.
Grand opening ad from the Gazette View link
From the early 1970s, a postcard view of Loew’s in Montreal.
Don…
Great site and pictures.
This is a night photo from around 1970.
1972 Photo
A Moller theater organ opus 2585 size 3/24 was installed in the Loew’s Theater in 1919.
Here’s another from the 1960s with Loew’s, the Pigalle, the Capitol.
This old postcard shows several Rue Saint Catherine movie theatres including the Cinema de Paris, Palace, Capitol, Strand, Loew’s.
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.
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)!
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.
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”
Club Med World closed in March 2003, the building is now up for sale, no takers as of Dec 2003
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