Now the Studio 28 keeps the charm of the old days, but with Dolby sound, a wide screen, air conditioning, 170 comfortable seats and a lovely restaurant in the garden area, where you can have a drink before and after the movie. Some financial help from the city of Paris gave the opportunity to renovate and upgrade the theatre. The son of the owner took over the management of the theatre with a new policy of “Avant premiere”. From the small façade, a narrow foyer with a bar gave lead to a lobby and then to the auditorium and a lovely garden.Īround the 1980’s, a difficult period for the Studio 28 began. It was a family business, with one of the brothers as the projectionist, the mother at the box office, and the wife’s as usherettes. The auditorium seated 200 on the floor level and was decorated by light fixtures designed especially by Jean Cocteau. In 1959, they started a multi programme policy of mostly art movies. In 1948, two brothers (not the Marx) began operating the Studio 28 and gave new life to the theatre. A statue of the Marx Brothers is still in the bar.
In 1932 a new owner started programming mostly American movies, among them the Marx Brothers' movies, unknown in France at that time. It was a meeting place for various artists, painters & writers.
Replacing a cabaret, the Studio 28 opened in early-February 1928 with 400 seats and was run by a producer Jean Mauclaire, presenting art movies.
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