Capital Theatre

1237 N. 52nd Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19131

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zeldaah
zeldaah on January 23, 2006 at 9:59 am

Theater opened in 1933, not 1913. Thalheimer/Weitz wasn’t a firm until 1924.

zeldaah
zeldaah on December 5, 2005 at 7:50 am

Hi-
Does anyone have photos of this block? Or know the history of the sign on the theater? When it was put up, how old it is, or anything else…) The sign is large and would have blocked the view of the stained glass above, so I’m curious what it might have looked like.

Also, there was supposedly a “Franklin” theater on the same block. Anyone have info on that?

Thanks!
Elisabeth

tpembleton
tpembleton on September 26, 2005 at 12:33 am

For many young people growing up in West Philadelphia, the Capital, Nixon, and the Locust St. theater – were parts of our daily lives. The Capital still stands, and is currenlty used as retail.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 14, 2005 at 2:23 am

The spelling of the name of this Capital Theatre with an ‘a’ (which incidently is the correct English spelling) is unusual for an American theatre. It is correct in this case as that is how the name was spelt on the marquee (as seen in a photo), making this Capital Theatre unique.

I note that there is only one other example on Cinema Treasures (in the USA section) and that is the Strand-Capital Performing Arts Center, York. PA. Looking at their web-site link that one should be with an ‘o’.