I rent an office in the building next door to where the Durfee stood. I actually sell old film & memorabilia on the internet from the office. I’m not old enough to remember “free dish night” or any of that, but I did see a re-release of “Bambi” there in the 60s & some awful Emmett Kelly film………also, in 2nd grade I won tickets to the premiere of “Hello Dolly”, and went with my Dad & brother………there was some event there where one of the cast members would be there after the film, but my Father wanted to go home, and I was really dis-appointed! About 10 years ago, I asked Mr. McAvoy if he remembered the premiere, he did, but couldn’t remember who the cast member was either, but we agreed it was neither Streisand or Walter Matthau! I actually sold the wiring diagram & some projector manuals……..and the whole “CinemaScope” publicity package from the Durfee awhile back…….someone in my family owned the building that was the theater on Brightman St., I think it was the Empire, in the 60s & 70s , they made caskets there, the building , you could still see where the Marquee was, & where the frames for the outside posters in the doowrway once were…….The Capitol actually still exists, pretty much intact from what I hear, in the back of a furniture store, the tiles at the building entrance still have the Capitol logo (at least they did last I saw them a few years ago).
I rent an office in the building next door to where the Durfee stood. I actually sell old film & memorabilia on the internet from the office. I’m not old enough to remember “free dish night” or any of that, but I did see a re-release of “Bambi” there in the 60s & some awful Emmett Kelly film………also, in 2nd grade I won tickets to the premiere of “Hello Dolly”, and went with my Dad & brother………there was some event there where one of the cast members would be there after the film, but my Father wanted to go home, and I was really dis-appointed! About 10 years ago, I asked Mr. McAvoy if he remembered the premiere, he did, but couldn’t remember who the cast member was either, but we agreed it was neither Streisand or Walter Matthau! I actually sold the wiring diagram & some projector manuals……..and the whole “CinemaScope” publicity package from the Durfee awhile back…….someone in my family owned the building that was the theater on Brightman St., I think it was the Empire, in the 60s & 70s , they made caskets there, the building , you could still see where the Marquee was, & where the frames for the outside posters in the doowrway once were…….The Capitol actually still exists, pretty much intact from what I hear, in the back of a furniture store, the tiles at the building entrance still have the Capitol logo (at least they did last I saw them a few years ago).