Capitol 6 Theatre
820 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K3
820 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K3
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Famous Players
Architects: Thomas White Lamb
Previous Names: Capitol Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
604.669.6690
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News About This Theater
- Apr 1, 2013 — "2001: A Space Odyssey" 45th Anniversary – The Cinerama Engagements
- Dec 24, 2008 — Remembering Cinerama (Part 17: Vancouver)
The 2,077-seat Capitol Theatre originally opened as a single screen on March 13, 1921 with Wallace Reid in “The Love Special”. It had a 2nd entrance on Seymour Street. It was equipped with a Warren 3 manual 15 ranks organ. In 1927 this was replaced by a Wurlitzer Style 260 ‘Special organ with 3 manual 15 ranks. The organ was removed and sold in 1956. The Capitol Theatre was closed on November 30, 1974. It was demolished and a new six-screen multiplex opened on March 18, 1977.
It closed April 14, 2005 and was demolished to provide for a new apartment block.
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ian macdonald
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Best source of those is a library with microfiche archives and a lot of time to go through them. I did it many years ago and its really quite something to look at.
This was a Cinerama theatre from 1965 to 1969. It would be cool if there were some pictures of the theatre during that time and/or ads that mention Cinerama for the movies that played there.
http://incinerama.com/capitol.htm
The original Capitol was indeed a Cinerama house, although it was the 70mm version only.
Three Strip was at the Strand.
To BCexpatriate
Here is the Google newspaper archive for the Vancouver Sun. The coverage is very spotty and ends around 1987 but it does feature the paper cover-to-cover.
They are all organized by decade and then by year.
Be prepared to lose a few hours as it’s quite interesting to see how many theatres there were back then and, unlike today, how few theatres showed the same movie.
Here is the link:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&hl=en
Thank you for that link hermangotlieb! AWESOME!
This opened on March 13th, 1921. Grand opening ad below and in the photo section.
Grand opening ad
March 18th, 1978 ads
Capitol 6 opening 1 Fri, Mar 18, 1977 – 12 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
and
2012 video of a Capitol ghost sign revealed during demolition of a nearby building. Google: “Grandma’s Boy Capitol Vancouver Ghost Sign” for multiple images.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K41C8ucWWM
PSTOS link about the Capitol.
https://www.pstos.org/instruments/bc/vancouver/capitol.htm?fbclid=IwAR2xA32CE3BcwEANJHbKWHazoRhgc-8Mx5z7Pk5-1GM4F0ssAHmBHXRiLTE