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The 3,300-seat theatre opened in early December 1932 with a screening of Les Trois Mousquetaires / The Three Musketeers (1932) starring Aime Simon-Girard, Henri Rollan and Thomy Bourdelle.
Le Grand Rex was designed by architect Auguste Bluysen, with interior decoration by Maurice Dufrêne in consultation with noted American theatre architect, and pioneer of the Atmospheric theatre style, John Eberson.
Current seating capacity is 2,702 which, according to the Cinema Treasures website, is the largest single screen movie auditorium by seating capacity throughout all of Europe.
It seems more than probable that Le Grand Rex had an influence on David Rockwell’s early 2000’s design for the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
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