Greetings from St.Peterburg, FL. This picture Post-Card dates way before my time….. But,very much as I remember it in the early 60’s. Small Town USA – somethings never change. Many Thanks to the person who shared this picture!
My memories of the Capital Theater are very vivid. I can still see the HUGH Chandelier that was hanging, the Beautiful Italian Marble on the walls, the Crimson Red-Velvet Curtains. As a young man “the Balcony was the place to be!”. Every kid during the 50’s and 60’s should remember the Christmas event ending with one lucky kid holding the ticket to a BRAND NEW Schiwinn Bike from Stan’s Bike Shop. To the best of my recollection…. they closed it down either ‘68 or '69. During the early to mid 60’s a Saturday Matinee cost Twenty-Five Cents (if you were under 12) and ALWAYS included a trip to Eskins (on Ferry St) for a bag of penney candy’s. Anyone out there remember the name of the couple that ran it? Now at the age of 52, I think that our kids are being cheated out of so many experiences. It was more than an ordinary Theater, more likened to a Movie Palace. I’m sure anyone who knew South River would agree.
My parents told me that during the 30’s and 40’s that BIG names were headliners there ie: Cab Calloway, Tommy/Jimmy Dorsey, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Ethel Murman, Constance Bennett, Jimmy Durante…. They were there to raise money for War Bonds. There is lots of history within them walls.
Greetings from St.Peterburg, FL. This picture Post-Card dates way before my time….. But,very much as I remember it in the early 60’s. Small Town USA – somethings never change. Many Thanks to the person who shared this picture!
My memories of the Capital Theater are very vivid. I can still see the HUGH Chandelier that was hanging, the Beautiful Italian Marble on the walls, the Crimson Red-Velvet Curtains. As a young man “the Balcony was the place to be!”. Every kid during the 50’s and 60’s should remember the Christmas event ending with one lucky kid holding the ticket to a BRAND NEW Schiwinn Bike from Stan’s Bike Shop. To the best of my recollection…. they closed it down either ‘68 or '69. During the early to mid 60’s a Saturday Matinee cost Twenty-Five Cents (if you were under 12) and ALWAYS included a trip to Eskins (on Ferry St) for a bag of penney candy’s. Anyone out there remember the name of the couple that ran it? Now at the age of 52, I think that our kids are being cheated out of so many experiences. It was more than an ordinary Theater, more likened to a Movie Palace. I’m sure anyone who knew South River would agree.
My parents told me that during the 30’s and 40’s that BIG names were headliners there ie: Cab Calloway, Tommy/Jimmy Dorsey, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Ethel Murman, Constance Bennett, Jimmy Durante…. They were there to raise money for War Bonds. There is lots of history within them walls.