Before television took over, cinemas used to show a newsreel and a short documentary before the main feature. Then came the intermission. Depending on the means and prestige of the theater, various kinds of entertainment were offered: jugglers, sometimes clowns, trained monkeys, or music… At the Gaumont Palace, audiences were treated to fifteen minutes of music played on the theater’s gigantic organ. During the intermission, the console would rise from the orchestra pit with the organist already seated at the keyboards. Spotlights illuminated the horseshoe‑shaped console as the organist performed, for about a quarter of an hour, the popular hits of the day — Gershwin, Cole Porter, and fashionable French songs.f publicatie? The six main cinema-organs (le Paramount, le Madeleine, le Clichy Palace, l’Olympia, le Théâtre Pigalle et le Gaumont Palace) are gone, with the exeption of the organ of the cinéma Gaumont-Palace. • Gaumont-Palace Built in 1930 by Hill, Norman and Beard Limited from Norwich, IV/14, unit. This organ is moved in 1980 to the Pavillon Baltard (the old Halles de Paris) in Nogent-sur-Marne and restored by Dargassies. • Olympia Unit organ Cavaillé-Coll (1930) II/11 • Le Paramount Unit organ Wurlitzer (1927) II/60 (10), détruit en 1972 • Le Madeleine Unit organ Wurlitzer (1926) II/35 (5) , transported and rebuilt in 1937 at Stanford Hall, Loughborough (United Kingdom) • Marivaux Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll (1918), transported and rebuilt by Helbig in 1953 at Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Argentré-du-Plessis (35). Current composition • Palais-Rochechouart Merklin-organ • Clichy Palace Unit organ (7 real stops) built in 1928 by Standaart (Rotterdam, Netherlands). The console has a pedalboard of 30 notes, two keyboards and a piano of 88 notes. It has 7 real stops, extended to about 14 stops, it has many percussions, bass drum, drum, cymbal, wood-block, whistle, siren, hail, gong, tube chime ect. The box containing the pipes was rebuilt and is completely removable. The organ is equipped with a "midi" system with diskettes that allows the organist to record and listen to himself. Now privately owned and for sale. • Théâtre Pigalle Organ Cavaillé-Coll (1932) III/55 (43), disappeared. Other cinema-organs in Paris (non exhaustif) • Cinéma Monge Palace (Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll) • Cinéma Lutetia Wagram (Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll) • Cirque d'Hiver (Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll) • Palais Rochechouart (Merklin et Kuhn) • Le Select (Cavaillé-Coll) • Grenelle Aubert Palce (Merklin et Kuhn) • Montrouge Palace (Cavaillé-Coll) • Louxor - Palais du Cinéma (Abbey) • Impérial (Abbey/Casavant) • Clichy Palace (Standaart) Sources/read more (in French): Jean-Jacques Meusy: Lorsque l’orgue s’invita au cinéma Frédéric Muñoz : L’orgue et le cinéma, une vieille histoire d’amour Compositions de quelques orgues « classiques » des cinémas de France

Organs in concert halls