Capitol Theatre
2 Elm Street,
Danbury,
CT
06810
2 Elm Street,
Danbury,
CT
06810
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I just found out about this theatre in the archives at the Western CT State University Library. I was doing research and found the following ad in the 1924 yearbook, titled, The Anchor, a publication of the Danbury State Normal School.
Upon further research I found that the theater was demolished in 1958.
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Dave Bonan
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well, according to my above comments, the theater opened under the name “Capitol” in 1924 (1923 as the Taylor), so i presume it was the 1925 version.
Correction from an earlier comment I made, the old mall was not where the Capitol was located, that was the old Amphenol building behind HART’s “The Pulse Point” which will be condos shortly.
According to the Film Annual Review of 1936, the Capitol had 1,497 seats.
The Capitol Theatre was the “bargain movie house” when I lived there. Priced much lower than the other two house, the Palace and the Empress, the Capitol was always good for a cheap double feature and during the depression days of the 30s – they had their “dish nite”
I’m very happy today. I was doing research at the Danbury Museum for an unrelated project the last few days and found many pictures of the Palace, Capitol and Empress Theatres, and not just the traditional “Images of America” book pictures. I’ve found countless viewspoints including aerial!!!
Unfortunately, I cannot post pics still, so I’ll send them over to Roger Katz. For folks interested in these great black and white and some color photos, I’d be happy to email them to you in a zipped file. They are great.
I have great shots of the marquee AND the stagehouse of the theatre. This was virtually impossible on the traditional photos I’ve seen of the Capitol, so now I know what it looks like. Nowadays, of course, it’s the parking lot behind DaSilva Realty and across from Cousin Larry’s Cafe.
Even though the City Directory says they closed in 1959, I have picture proof that the stagehouse and lobby remained safe and sound until at least 1964.
Thanks Dave.
From the up close view of the Capitol that I have, it says “New” just above the Capitol sign. Therefore, it was also known as the New Capitol Theatre.
I struck gold! I was researching today for a doc I’m producing and Diane at the Museum showed me photocopies of pics (the person didn’t want to donate) of the Capitol’s exterior and INTERIOR! Not ornate at all.
I’ll post them later today. (I also have one of the 1934 blizzard with the Empress and Palace marquees visible).
Here they are:
1) what the property looked like before http://yfrog.com/h2tcd1j
2) Exterior http://yfrog.com/h6ieb5j
3) Lobby http://yfrog.com/h69p83j
4) View of orchestra/balcony http://yfrog.com/h205pzj
5) Stage (from balcony) http://yfrog.com/h2sg26j