Capitol Theater

1521 Elm Street,
Dallas, TX 75050

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Capitol Theater....Dallas Texas

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The Capitol Theater was opened December 19, 1922. The famous Interstate Circuit opened it next door to the Rialto Theater, and the Mirror Theater was on the west side.

The Capitol Theater specialized in Saturday westerns and serials. Popular during its hey day, with the arrival of television, the old show house bit the dust in 1956 and was torn down during the 1960’s.

Contributed by Billy Holcomb

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DonLewis
DonLewis on March 9, 2009 at 9:51 pm

A vintage postcard view of the Capitol Theater on Elm Street.

DonLewis
DonLewis on March 15, 2009 at 1:18 pm

A old movie theater ad from 1949 for Capitol Theater.

DonLewis
DonLewis on May 5, 2009 at 2:44 pm

A view of the Capitol Theater from 1938 at the world premier of “Under Western Stars” with western stars Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette in attendance.

DonLewis
DonLewis on November 26, 2009 at 5:50 pm

From 1933, a postcard view of the Capitol Theater on Elm Street in Dallas along with the Mirror, Old Mill and Palace.

DonLewis
DonLewis on September 13, 2010 at 10:35 pm

From the 1930s a postcard view of the Capitol Theater on Theater Row in Dallas.

kathy2trips
kathy2trips on October 5, 2010 at 9:12 pm

The exterior is very impressive. Sure wish someone could post some interior shots. I can’t imagine the style is “unknown”.

matt54
matt54 on December 11, 2010 at 2:58 am

kathy, if you can get a copy of Jeanette Crumpler’s book about Dallas’s downtown movie theaters, “Street of Dreams,” there is an interior shot showing the screen/stage area on page 94.

matt54
matt54 on September 3, 2011 at 4:35 pm

75050 zipcode in address maps to Carrolton, TX, not Dallas; correct zip is 75201; that’ll get you to the correct block of downtown Dallas. Of course, the entire block of buildings in which the Capitol (and the Old Mill/Rialto, Ritz/Pantages/Mirror, Queen/Leo, and Telenews) sat is long, long gone.

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