UGC George V

144-146 Avenue des Champs-Elysees,
Paris 75008

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SethLewis
SethLewis on June 20, 2020 at 6:03 am

Amazing history

Lionel
Lionel on June 19, 2020 at 4:51 pm

Another article, in French, on the George V.

Lionel
Lionel on June 10, 2020 at 12:53 pm

English translation of an article on the Silverscreens French site, from 1998.

SethLewis
SethLewis on June 3, 2020 at 3:48 am

https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/les-dessous-de-la-fermeture-surprise-du-cinema-ugc-george-v-sur-les-champs-elysees-20200602

The landlords see a hotel in the space’s future…not surprising the neigbourhood and the attraction for tourists…Heartbreaking that there will only be 5 theatres left on the Champs and side streets which once had 40 – the mainstream UGC Normandie in the middle and Gaumont at the Concorde end of the Champs, the Publicis near the Arc de Triomphe (which can probably accomodate one more screen and table service) & the arty Balzac and Lincoln

Still this had a great great run including the most screens on the Champs (almost always something worth seeing) 82 years!

SethLewis
SethLewis on May 12, 2009 at 5:50 pm

Remember this as a pretty grand experience for Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes…as a multiplex the main room is ok, the smaller screens can be hit or miss…in the past couple of years have seen American Gangster, Bee Movie, The Incredibles, Haunted Mansion, a Sidney Lumet with Vin Diesel, and a French picture there

silverscreens
silverscreens on May 12, 2009 at 10:49 am

The seven “Pergola” screens opened early 1984, well before UGC’s arrival. The largest auditorium, very nice by that time’s standards, is where I saw “Rumble Fish” (“Rusty James” in French!) the week after the opening week I believe.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on May 12, 2009 at 7:29 am

A photograph of the entrance at number 144 Champs-Elysees, not the original entrance:
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