Chaplin Denfert

Located in the south of the city centre. This small neightbourghood movie theatre is settled between two buildings and when it opened in 1930 had an Art Deco style design. Part of the lobby was built like a terrace on the space of the pavement. There was a window on the facade and the stalls were at the underground floor and the balcony at the ground level was shaped like a theatre. The projection booth was under the the stage and the movie was projected on the screen by reflexion on a mirror under the doors of the balcony on an inclined screen. The central heating machine was in the auditorium providing heat and noise, but despite these strange settlings this theatre had a family charm. Nothing really changed until 1975 when a major renovation gave a sober design (black colours) and a new projection booth in a corner of the balcony. The facade became very modern with black glass.