Madeline Theatre
118 Walnut Street,
Newport,
AR
72112
118 Walnut Street,
Newport,
AR
72112
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Does anyone have any idea of which theater in Newport was called the Capital (or Capitol) in 1921, when this item about its planned expansion appeared in the April 2 Moving Picture World? “NEWPORT, ARK.—Extensive improvements will be made to Capital Theatre. A forty-two-foot extension will be built, making room for 300 additional seats. Balconies also will be enlarged, twenty-two-foot stage constructed to accommodate home talent and road shows. Typhoon fans will be installed. Address R. T. Meibbon, manager.” The 500-seat Capitol Theatre is the only house listed at Newport in the 1926 FDY.
This is definitely the Madeline Theatre at 118 Walnut and whose neighbor was Candy Land, the de facto concession stand in 1915-1917 at 116 Walnut. The Madeline was in existence from under that name from late in 1914 until being sold to Mrs. H. Clay Sanders who owned the neighboring building. The name was reportedly changed to the Sanders Theatre though there are no trade articles or advertisements under that name.