5-557: Gaumont Palace may refer to a number of venues including: The Gaumont-Palace , a cinema in Paris open from 1907 to 1973 The Hammersmith Apollo in London was known by this name from 1932 to 1962 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gaumont Palace . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-468: The Caméo cinema. In 1952, the cinema featured in the comedy film Holiday for Henrietta . In 1962, it was converted for the use of Cinerama widescreen format. Increasingly, its large size was considered a disadvantage, due to poor audio quality. Plans were made for a further reconstruction but these were abandoned. In 1972, Gaumont sold off the site and it was demolished in 1973 and redeveloped. The money
15-581: The French capital Paris . Originally constructed between 1898 and 1900 as the Hippodrome de Montmartre, it staged equestrian shows during its early years. It was originally built with a Belle Époque facade. The site was acquired by Léon Gaumont in 1907 and converted into a cinema. It remained part of the Gaumont Film Company empire throughout its history. In 1931, Gaumont reconstructed
20-465: The cinema, with a new Art Deco exterior. The largest cinema in France, it was used to premiere major productions from both France and abroad. With a capacity of 6,000, it commonly attracted between fifty and sixty thousand spectators a week in the early 1930s. The size of the cinema meant that it rarely held films over for more than two weeks before they were switched to smaller venues in the city such as
25-437: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaumont_Palace&oldid=1020538842 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gaumont-Palace The Gaumont-Palace was a cinema located on Rue Caulaincourt in
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