Capitol 6 Theatre
820 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K3
820 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K3
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hdtv you must be using a different format for your comments, part of your comments are cut off.
Amazingly enough, a wall advert for a Harold Lloyd film “ Grandma’s Boy” survived and was unearthed during some some construction.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Ghost+signs+from+Vancouver+past+spring+haunt+still/6198993/story.html
This is a 1935 ad for “G Men”. The ad was originally in the Vancouver Sun newspaper.
Great Photo!
That Capitol 6 “ Extension ” out into the sidewalk was there up until around 2003-2004, when it was demolished.
I didn’t know about the monitors built into it, I wonder when those were removed? They weren’t there in 2002-2004.
An exterior photo of the Capitol 6 Theatre.
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I thought you would be adding to this Jason! haha
Speaking about the sound in #1, they were equipped with ALTEC Stanley Screamer subs ( same ones used during Pink Floyd’s The Wall Tour ) for extra bass impact.
Here is a link to a Tyee article circa 2005 when the cinema closed. It has some rather interesting comments as well, even from one of the former managers who didn’t appear to like the place very much.
Cinema One was a glorious room. It was anywhere between 1031 and 1012 seats over the years (I believe some seats were removed for more wheelchair spots), and it pretty much filled up every Friday and Saturday night, no matter what the movie. Huge screen, incredible SRD sound system, the seats were okay and it was always a treat to see a movie there.
Just don’t let anyone tall sit in front of you…the sight lines were TERRIBLE in that cinema, and I think the unofficial rule over the years was for everyone to “lean down” when they saw a flick there. :)
Yeah #1 was something else, 1021 seats I believe.
2 & 3 were decent screens as well, but the top floor of the complex was nothing to write home about, especially towards the end.
That’s too bad…would love to see shots of the Cinema 1…that was the big one that sat over 1000…would love to have seen each cinema.
There were shots of the lobby, but none of the actual theater itself.
No…the ones I took were only of the exterior. I believe on Cinema tour there are interior shots of the Capitol 6
Tim Elliot;
You wouldn’t happen to still have those pictures from the Capitol 6 #1? I tried to take a photo during a screening of Return of The King, but the low light level made the picture to dark to develop.
If you still have these photos and if you can scan them PM me PLEASE!
That site thinks its fooling with amateurs. LOL
I was able to save that one, so if it goes down I can repost it.
That link is cursed. It will expire again in a short period of time. Just for fun, lets see if this link lasts any longer.
Those crafty Canadians won’t let me copy this photo so the link won’t fail. Here is the third version of the 1934 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5zvpcl
Or the plants and grass growing in seconds.
The demolition video reminded me of those time-elapsed shots on the Discovery Channel where they show a dead zebra turning into a skeleton.
The original Capitol Theater had a Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1657 style 260 special installed on 6/17/1927. Status: sold.
Here is an updated link for the 1934 photo. Lets see how long this link will last.
This is a photo of the Capitol Theater dated September 13, 1934.
I don’t know how much, if any of the old building will be reused. Here is a recent photo of 820 Granville. Capitol residences is going to replace the theater building.
What a great (but very sad) video. I wonder if the original Thomas Lamb designed facade & lobby part of the building survived (again)?
This theater has been demolished. You can watch a video of its demolition here.