On 30 September 1907, the Lublinianin daily announced important news:
Shortly, an optical theatre, operating as Théâtre Optique Parisien, will open in Mr Makowski’s theatre in Jezuicka. There will be daily shows using the newest and most advanced French projector and with an extraordinary programme. This modern system, not yet seen in Lublin, is renowned all over Russia and other countries.
The change was confirmed by subsequent reports. On 20 October, there was news of the “opening of the Théâtre Optique Parisien”; the following day, the press reported that the shows were being paused due to “the failure of some parts of the gas meter”, and a bulletin from 29 October declared that “for a week now, a French bioscop under the name of Théâtre Optique Parisien has been operating in Lublin”. A cinema – under various names, and with short breaks – would function on the site until 1981.
