Seville Theatre
1255 Rue Sainte Catherine Ouest,
Montreal,
QC
H3G 1P3
1255 Rue Sainte Catherine Ouest,
Montreal,
QC
H3G 1P3
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Opened March 22, 1929, and closed in 1984. In the early-1950’s, this theater had live stage shows, and in 1965 “The Sound of Music” played here for two years. United Theatres owned this 1,148-seat theater.
As of 2001, the east wall collapsed. Interior gutted and marquee removed. Heavily braced against further collapse.
The building was demolished in October 2010, to make way for a commercial/residential project named Le Seville.
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Wasn’t this a repertory cinema for a time in the early 1980s? Here is a photo I took around 1989.
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This theatre was an atmospheric.
Here is a January 17, 2008 blog that discusses renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/3aaxkx
The Seville is still wearing it’s braces in this photo.
What’s especially tragic about the loss of Seville is that when she closed as a moviehouse, she could’ve been preserved in a similar manner to that of Toronto’s Runnymede Theatre.
They retained Runnymede’s character by incorporating it into her new incarnation as a Chapters bookstore. If you don’t know what I mean, go here—>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cinemarie/3337078982/
I really wish they’d do this to old theatres more often, instead of gutting. Poor Seville.
They’ve begun tearing down the deserted block, where Seville’s ruins stand. Her days are numbered. My guess is that within 1-2 weeks time, we’ll be changing her status to “demolished”.
The developer “Prevel” has put up some old pictures of the Seville Theatre during her glory years on their blog. A condo unit is about to replace the wreck of Seville, and judging by the lineup around their newly constructed offices, units are selling like hotcakes—> http://condosleseville.blogspot.com/
From the blog: “The demolition of the former site of the Seville theatre began officially on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. A press conference was held in downtown Montreal, on the site of the future housing project, at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Chomedey Sts. Mayor Gérald Tremblay, the president of Claridge and Jacques Vincent, co-president of Prével, have each expressed their pride in seeing this project of 450 new condos becoming reality. The ground floor will be occupied exclusively by businesses giving onto Sainte-Catherine St. Here is a preliminary rendering of Le Seville.”
The Seville is in demolition as of today. (Oct 5, 2010).
The website spacingmontreal.ca has an article about the
demolition. A browse under the “category” may reveal
more about other cinemas and theatres.
Spacing Montreal’s site is: http://spacingmontreal.ca/
There are other Spacing links for Toronto, Ottawa and
Halifax.