Gaumont Opéra Capucines, Movie theater in 9th arrondissement, France.

The Gaumont Opéra Capucines occupies a rounded corner building at Boulevard des Capucines and Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, with a glass entrance beneath a backlit frieze of film posters and large red letters reading "Gaumont Opéra". Six columns rise through two storeys, framing three vertical banners, with pale stone statues on brackets between them. Green-framed windows sit above, under a ribbed green copper dome with small dormer windows.

Opened on 24 November 1927 as the Paramount, it was built from 1926 on the site of the demolished Vaudeville theatre; Auguste Bluysen designed the facade and Briton Frank Verity the interiors. Its 1,920 seats, air conditioning and heating drew crowds, and in 1930 it recorded 2.5 million admissions. Vladimir Scob modernised the facade in 1948 and the interiors in 1958; the house was split into two screens in 1972, reaching seven by 1982.

The cinema's name changed with its owners: opened as the Paramount in 1927, it became the Paramount-Opéra in 1971, then the Capucines side of the Gaumont Opéra in 2008. Its French Paramount subsidiary was long housed in the building's upper floors, until 2013.

The cinema offers easy accessibility and is well-served by public transportation, being located in the central 9th arrondissement. Visitors should allow time before screenings to select comfortable seating at their preferred location.

The building's ribbed green copper dome and pale stone statues on brackets between six columns are visible from Boulevard des Capucines. The French branch of Paramount Pictures occupied the top floors from 1929 until 2013. During the Occupation, Allied airmen hid and slept inside the cinema, which also stored weapons for the Resistance.