Grand Pavois
364 Rue Lecourbe,
Paris
75015
364 Rue Lecourbe,
Paris
75015
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In the early-1970’s a huge condominium called Le Grand Pavois was built next to the limit between the 15th district of Paris and the southern suburbs.
The development included many shops and one screen first run movie theatre seating 300 which opened as the Grand Pavois in 1971. Run by an independent theatre chain, this theatre was duplexed a few years after the opening with the single auditorium divided into two screens. The independent operator of the theatre during the 1970’s had a very successful multi-programme policy including art movies, cartoons and second run movies.
In the 1980’s the theatre was divided into four screens with wide curved screens and stereophonic sound, with each auditorium seating just 50 but very comfortable.
The Grand Pavois remained open despite a very quiet location and the opening of a huge Gaumont multiplex. Sadly, it was closed on July 10, 2007.
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Small auditoria but one of them was equipped with CDS (Cinema Digital Sound, the first digital sound technology for movies) and played Flatliners, The Doors and Final Approach in that format. All auditoria had the CHF Cabasse speaker system designed by French engineer Georges Cabasse. CHF meant Cinéma en Haute Fidélité (High Fidelity Cinema). The Cabasse product line for cinemas was using bi-amplified screen speakers with Amix amplifiers. Theatres willing to install CHF were subject to an acoustics study to taylor the system on a case-by-case basis. After installation, the equipped auditorium received a quality certificate. Somehow, Cabasse was a French answer to the Lucas' THX program. CHF was installed mostly in France.
Here are pictures of Le Grand Pavois on Film-Tech.
And here is its profile page in French, with comments from previous customers and projectionists, on Salles Cinémas.