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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

The silent-movie house that Little Burgundy refused to let die. The Beanfield Theatre at 2490 rue Notre-Dame Ouest opened on 11 November 1912 as the Family Theatre, designed by Joseph-Cajetan Dufort and Louis-Theophile Decary for silent film with live accompaniment - orchestra pit at the footlights, dressing rooms tucked beneath the compact stage. Sold in 1923 and renamed the Corona, it gained its lasting interior from decorator Emmanuel Briffa: Corinthian columns, allegorical paintings, stencil...