Capitol Avenue Theatre
3912 Capitol Avenue,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70802
3912 Capitol Avenue,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70802
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The Capitol Avenue Theatre opened on April 14, 1951 with Hedy Lamarr in “A Lady Without Passport” & Johnny Mack Brown in “Sheriff of Medicine Bow” . The Capitol Avenue Theatre had a short life closing in the mid- to-late-1950’s. This was an African American theatre. Their newspaper advertisements read ‘Baton Rouge’s most modern colored theatre, completely air conditioned for your comfort. Admission 9 cents to 35 cents’. Since being demolished there has been a new church built on the site of the former theatre.
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Is this the same theatre? https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2333505265/in/photostream/
Grand opening ad posted.
Same theater? Boxoffice, Jan. 25, 1960: “J. G. Broggi … informed Boxoffice that the Capitol, Baton Rouge, one of his former accounts, was sold to the archdiocese, along with other property in the block, to be demolished and replaced by an all-Negro seminary with a large, landscaped campus.”