Palace 6
698 Rue Sainte-Catherine O,
Montreal,
QC
H3B 1B9
698 Rue Sainte-Catherine O,
Montreal,
QC
H3B 1B9
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Pictures of the Palace 6 at Page 9-11 at:
French language grand opening ad posted
Share offering in the Kingston newspaper.
1920 or 1921 construction aerial in the photo section.
Some history
Palace 6- Montreal Fri, Aug 22, 1980 – 12 · The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) · Newspapers.com
June 26th, 1981 grand opening ad:
Palace 6 opening · Fri, Jun 26, 1981 – 19 · The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) · Newspapers.com
Not much is left of any Movie Palace in Montreal unfortunately. From the Montreal Gazette- http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/little-trace-remains-of-montreals-glamorous-theatre-era
Burger restaurant in the front, the back is now offices. I asked if there was anything left of the cinema, was told no, completely re-modelled. When the Lowes was converted to five screens in 1976, the designer did his best to keep the original look. Sadly for the Palace, it was completely gutted in 1980. I never went when it was one screen, only when it was a six plex.
Wasn’t this the first theatre in Canada to exhibit a motion picture with sound in Canada? I seem to recall reading that at one time.
Is there anything else in here beside the Burger place? This theatre was gutted to the bare walls when it was converted into a sixplex by United Theatres in 1980.
June 26th, 1981 grand opening ads in English and French in photo section.
It had I believe a Moller Theatre organ
Front entrance is now a Five Guys Burgers restaurant.
The building is still there, looks like it houses a number of retail establishments.
The same place as Centre Metafloria
This old postcard shows several Rue Saint Catherine movie theatres including the Cinema de Paris, Palace, Capitol, Strand, Loew’s.
Here is a postcard from the 1940s or 1950s showing Rue Sainte Catherine with the Palace Theatre visible on the right.
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