EXCLUSIVE: It’s official. New York’s iconic Paris Theatre will remain Manhattan’s last single-screen movie palace for a long time to come. Netflix has confirmed that it has closed an ex…
, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer. “We are incredibly proud to preserve this historic New York institution so it can continue to be a cinematic home for film lovers.”
This is not the outcome that distributors of prestige theatrical fare not at Netflix was hoping for, as it remains to be seen if there will be room for anything but Netflix fare on the marquee. But this prime space was dead as a movie theater.
The Paris Theatre opened in 1948, with actress Marlene Dietrich on hand to cut the ribbon. Opened at the time by Pathé Cinema, the theater originally showed French titles, the first of which was, which ran for eight months. Even as the blockbuster picture became the easiest way to make money, The Paris was known for being a place where a prestige film could stay for months. That included Best Picture winner.
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