Place de Ville Cinemas

300 Sparks Street,
Ottawa, ON K1P

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Previously operated by: Famous Players

Functions: Office Space

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Place De Ville Upstairs Auditorium

Opened by Famous Players on March 31, 1971 with Dustin Hoffman in “Little Big Man” and Gig Young in “Lover and Other Strangers”. The Place de Ville Cinemas was one of the few piggy-back cinemas in Canada. There were two cinemas, one on top of the other. One had 751 seats while the smaller had 437 seats. They closed on March 18, 1996 with “Mr Holland’s Opus” and “Muppet Treasure Island”.

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Hugger1
Hugger1 on September 24, 2007 at 11:46 am

Now there are offices there. A shame, a real shame.

rivest266
rivest266 on February 23, 2014 at 7:34 am

CBC report at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/inside-place-de-ville-theatre-a-hidden-piece-of-ottawa-s-past-1.2511978

rivest266
rivest266 on August 27, 2018 at 12:46 pm

Grand opening ad: Cinémas Place de Ville Cinemas openingCinémas Place de Ville Cinemas opening Wed, Mar 31, 1971 – 53 · The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com

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