Capri Theatre

Here is a current photo of the Capri: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92318075@N00/17496499/in/photostream/

This is another photo of the Capri Theater.

Here is a website with photos of the Capri Theater.

This is a more recent photo the Capri.

A close-up view of the Capri can be seen here.

The Princess Theatre was designed by the Nashville architecture firm Marr & Holman.

This house was either opened or reopened in 1948. The October 6, 1945, issue of Boxoffice said that J.C. Tune had hired Marr & Holman to prepare plans for a complete rebuilding of his Princess Theatre at Shelbyville.

Then the March 2, 1946 issue of Boxoffice had carried the following notice: "Last rites were held in Shelbyville, Tenn. for J.C. Tune, who operated the Princess there."

And then Boxoffice Magazine's issue of November 13, 1948, carried a brief announcement that the new Princess Theatre in Shelbyville had recently opened after seven months of construction. The seating capacity was given as 800. The owner-manager of the house was named J.T. Tune.

A J.M. Tune is briefly mentioned as the operator of the Princess and of the 41 Drive-In at Shelbyville, in the March 24, 1958, issue of Boxoffice.

The Tune family's operation of the Princess came to an end by 1968, according to an item in the January 22 issue of Boxoffice that year. It said that Morton Tune had sold the house to Fred H. Massey, president of Masco, operators of the Belcourt Cinema in Nashville. Massey planned an extensive remodeling of the Princess, with the plans to be done by the original architectural firm, Marr & Holman.

I can't find any references to the Princess in Boxoffice, or anywhere else on the Internet, earlier than 1945, so I have no idea how long the place was around before the 1940s rebuilding, but if it needed a rebuilding then I'd guess it was already pretty old.

1982 photo of the Capri Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c42%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=9&catpagesize=25&ProductID=33752
1983 night photo of the Capri Theatre. The Capri was still operating as a movie theatre in 1983
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c42%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=9&catpagesize=25&ProductID=33755

Chuck....the second photo is from 1984. This is another 1982 photo.

I was only one year off.

Maybe their wrong and it's actually from 1983. :)

Here is a nice 2009 photo.