Palace 6
698 Rue Sainte-Catherine O,
Montreal,
QC
H3B 1B9
698 Rue Sainte-Catherine O,
Montreal,
QC
H3B 1B9
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Allen Theatres, Famous Players, United Theaters
Architects: Charles Howard Crane
Functions: Office Space, Restaurant
Styles: Adam
Previous Names: Allen Theatre, Palace Theatre
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This major movie palace in the center of Montreal opened on May 14, 1921 with Constance Talmadge in “Lessons in Love”. It opened as the Allen Theatre, but was renamed Palace Theatre in 1923. It was equipped with a Warren 3 manual 14 ranks theatre pipe organ. In 1928 it was the first movie theatre in Canada to be wired for sound and the first ‘talkie’ to be screened here was Janet Gaynor in “Street Angel”. In 1953 it became the first theatre in Montreal to be equipped with CinemaScope when Richard Burton in “The Robe” was screened.
In August 1980, the theatre was closed, gutted, and converted into a 6-screen multiplex before reopening by United Theatres on June 26, 1981 as the Palace 6. The Palace Theatre became a discount house in 1995.
In October 1999, a notice at the entrance was placed for approval for conversion into a parking garage. The theatre closed on January 23, 2000 and then reopened as Centre Metafloria (a high-tech amusement park) in December 2000.
Centre Mirafloria closed in April 2002 after losing an estimated $15 million. By 2016 the front of the building is a Five Guys burger restaurant, and the auditorium is office space.
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Gerald A. DeLuca, Mike Rivest
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Some history
Palace 6- Montreal Fri, Aug 22, 1980 – 12 · The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) · Newspapers.com
1920 or 1921 construction aerial in the photo section.
Share offering in the Kingston newspaper.
French language grand opening ad posted
Pictures of the Palace 6 at Page 9-11 at:
Closed as a single-screener on July 26, 1980 with “Airplane”.
Final listings as Palace 6: January 23rd, 2000
It was United Theatres that reopened the Palace as a 6-screener, and was just simply named Palace 6.
United Theatres (AKA: United Amusements, Le Cinémas Unis) was owned by Famous Players since the 1920’s. The United brand disappeared from the listings in 1987.
After that, Famous Players had been operating the Palace since then.