Capitol 6 Theatre

820 Granville Street,
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1K3

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lovitz
lovitz on November 15, 2008 at 6:38 pm

There were shots of the lobby, but none of the actual theater itself.

telliott
telliott on November 15, 2008 at 6:17 pm

No…the ones I took were only of the exterior. I believe on Cinema tour there are interior shots of the Capitol 6

lovitz
lovitz on November 15, 2008 at 4:54 pm

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!

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 7, 2008 at 8:18 pm

I was able to save that one, so if it goes down I can repost it.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 7, 2008 at 8:04 pm

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

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 7, 2008 at 7:53 pm

The demolition video reminded me of those time-elapsed shots on the Discovery Channel where they show a dead zebra turning into a skeleton.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on May 9, 2007 at 10:49 am

What a great (but very sad) video. I wonder if the original Thomas Lamb designed facade & lobby part of the building survived (again)?

George75
George75 on August 24, 2006 at 7:12 am

I was an usher at the Capitol 6 in the very early 1980s. The place was unionized and pay started at $4.24 per hour (a small fortune back then). Management supplied the jacket, shirt and bowtie and weren’t shy about getting angry at ushers and doormen for slouching or spending too long in each theatre. But once you were there long enough to join the union, your job was quite safe (a few staff were so difficult that management wished those folks could be terminated) and it was the best-paying, do-little job in town (all those free movies, too!) I made lots of friends there and dated a cashier.

I guess theatres have long since become de-unionized, and that’s a shame. Can you imagine getting $13 per hour today just to wander around and open doors? That was the greatest job any high school or college kid could have asked for. Back then, the Capitol 6 and other movie houses were inundated with applications; you could grow old and die waiting for an interview.

Jason Whyte
Jason Whyte on July 26, 2006 at 7:53 am

“This theatre still exists and it is own by Empire Theatres. The theatre is pretty lucky not get demolished.”

The former Cineplex Odeon Granville 7 across the street has been bought by Empire Theatres and is still up and running, although attendance there has been sparse due to the construction on Granville and everyone would rather see a movie at the Paramount a few blocks away.

Capitol 6 is in the process of being demolished as the new Skytrain line is being built right beneath it. The property next to it has been cleared and you can see the back of the theatres from Granville now.

Really sad as the Capitol had the best location.

Jason

telliott
telliott on June 21, 2006 at 7:31 am

As far as I know, this theatre closed last year when the new Paramount opened nearby. I know that the Capitol 6 in Victoria is now an Empire theatre and is still open but the one in Vancouver was to be demolished after it closed. It’s never listed in any showtimes for Vancouver in Tribute, Empire Theatres website or anywhere.

qwo06
qwo06 on June 21, 2006 at 6:28 am

This theatre still exists and it is own by Empire Theatres. The theatre is pretty lucky not get demolished.

grandcameo
grandcameo on May 29, 2006 at 5:42 pm

Hasn’t Empire Theatres taken over this cinema?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 28, 2006 at 6:15 pm

Here is an article about the closing of the Capitol 6:
http://tinyurl.com/kzsso

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on April 29, 2005 at 2:08 pm

The architect of the original Capitol Theatre was Thomas Lamb and it opened on 12th March 1921. The original seating capacity was for 2,153.

The auditorium was demolished in January 1975 and a new 3,000 seat 6 screen multiplex built on the site which retained the orginal facade and lobby.

telliott
telliott on March 29, 2005 at 2:23 pm

Actually the original Capitol was demolished to make way for this new Capitol 6 in the mid seventies. I went to Vancouver in ‘74 and saw “The Parallax View” at the old Capitol and then went again in '77 and saw “Walking Tall” at the new theatre. Very impressive and the largest theatre holds over 1000 seats. I thought the architecture was great and the fact that the largest Capitol 1 was on the first level with Capitol 2 & 3 on the next level up and then the Capitol 4,5,6 up on the highest level. I took several pictures of the front and the back of the theatre. Too bad it will be demolished. That will only leave the Cineplex Odeon Granville 7 as the only movie theatre left on what was once “theatre row”. Too bad.