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Home » Theater Guide » Location » New Zealand » Balmoral, Auckland » Capitol Cinema
Also known as Charley Grays Cinema

Capitol Cinema

Balmoral, Auckland, New Zealand
610 Dominion Road
, Balmoral, Auckland, New Zealand
(map)
09.623.2276
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Moderne
Function: Movies (East Indian)
Seats: 900
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Capitol Cinema opened in 1922, and at that time was the most luxurious cinema in the suburbs of Aukland -in this case here at Balmoral.

The Capitol was my local cinema as a kid - it has a large floating screen installed following a fire which claimed the original proscenium. The Capitol was converted to a circle only operation in 1987, by local businessman Charley Gray (who promptly named the cinema after himself!). The seating capacity was now provided for 216 patrons. The projection room was moved upstairs and a large screen installed at the front of the circle, leaving the stalls area for use as a climbing and activity centre.

I believe that another art house operator took over after Charley's demise, followed by a Bollywood operator.

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Capitol Cinema, Aukland (Official)
Contributed by Peter Hall

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This theatre is protected by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust with Grade 1 classification.
posted by Rex on Apr 7, 2005 at 7:49pm
Sad that in New York we can't save any theatres :(
posted by RobertR on Apr 7, 2005 at 7:58pm
All the remining vintage theatres around the Auckland area are all protected heritage buildings. The current mayor Dick Hubbard wants them all to be preserved for future generations.
posted by Rex on Apr 10, 2005 at 3:23pm
The Capitol was opened in 1923.
posted by Bradley K on May 8, 2005 at 4:01pm
The Capital is OPEN and has been continuously for a number of years. It currently screens subtitled Bollywood films though has also recently hosted the Date Palm Film Festival (middle eastern films) and has also shown some screenings of the incredible film festival. The current operator has upgraded the seating and speaker system and the building now sports cell phone signal repeaters on its roof.

current listings for the capitol are available on the web at -
http://www.capitolcinema.co.nz/
posted by shades on Feb 26, 2006 at 1:15pm
My father is Charley Gray who owned and operated this cinema in it's 'Charley Gray's' capacity. I would love to speak to anyone who has any documentation/information or better still, any remaining signage/insiginia etc from the cinema.
Charlotte Gray
charlotte@automaticfilms.tv
posted by charlottegray on Feb 13, 2007 at 11:54pm
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