Pathé-Wepler, Movie theater in Place de Clichy, Paris, France.
Pathé-Wepler is a cinema complex of 11 screens split between two sites around Place de Clichy: the Place side at 140 boulevard de Clichy, with 7 screens, and the Avenue side at 8 avenue de Clichy, with 4 screens. The Place side, designed by architect Vladimir Scob, opened in 1956; the Avenue side occupies the site of the 1919 Métropole. The 2017 renovation by Loci Anima and Ora-ïto gave the Place side a facade with a linen-fibre composite panel and an LED screen.
The Avenue site opened on 20 December 1919 as Le Métropole, replacing a restaurant known for the Premierland boxing bouts held there before the war. Renamed Select in May 1920 under Fournier-Lutetia, it passed to Pathé in 1929-1930 and was split into three screens in 1971 as Pathé Clichy. The Place site followed: Pathé bought part of the Wepler brasserie in October 1954 and opened Vladimir Scob's Wepler Pathé on 21 September 1956 with Trapèze by Carol Reed. Merged in 1994, the two sites were restructured in 2017 and 2019 by Loci Anima with designer Ora-ïto.
The name comes from the Wepler brasserie, part of which Pathé bought in October 1954 to build the cinema. The two sites face each other across Place de Clichy: seven screens at 140 boulevard de Clichy, four at 8 avenue de Clichy. The Avenue side opened in 1919 as Le Métropole, on the site of a restaurant where Premierland boxing bouts were held before the war.
The cinema is right on the Place de Clichy, which is served by several metro and bus lines and easy to reach from many parts of the city. For popular new releases, booking seats in advance is a good idea since some screenings fill up quickly on weekends and evenings.
The Wepler name comes from the brasserie that once occupied part of the site: in October 1954 the Société des Théâtres Cinématographiques Pathé bought part of the brasserie Wepler to build the cinema, which opened on 21 September 1956 with Trapèze by Carol Reed. The brasserie no longer stands next door.
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