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”
What a trip down memory lane with all these great posts. I think that I am probably one of the oldest readers here. I’ll be 85 years old next month (Jan 2009). I remember the early Palace days, when I as a youngster coming home from St Peter’s School, would stop and “sneak” into the theatre to catch a glimpse of the flickering wonderful images. Eventually, an usher would catch me, and lead me to the door! But in those early days I remember watching bits of Trader Horn, early-Astaire and Bing Crosby musicals. Still as a child, we attended Saturday matinees courtesy of the management. We received passes for distributing flyers on upcoming movies. Saturday afternoons, we kids would sing en-masse “Hail, Hail the gang’s all here, Mary Jane and Alice singing at the Palace” Then we would see the changing colors on the curtain finally part and we would watch never-ending serials, good-guy cowboy and mad-scientist movies. Through my high school days the Palace was there. It was there after I returned from WW2. I saw the decline start even before I moved away in 1960 – and the horrible conditions in subsequent years during my visits there. It would be great to see the Palace return to even a tiny bit iof its glorious past. Keep trying guys!
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”
What a trip down memory lane with all these great posts. I think that I am probably one of the oldest readers here. I’ll be 85 years old next month (Jan 2009). I remember the early Palace days, when I as a youngster coming home from St Peter’s School, would stop and “sneak” into the theatre to catch a glimpse of the flickering wonderful images. Eventually, an usher would catch me, and lead me to the door! But in those early days I remember watching bits of Trader Horn, early-Astaire and Bing Crosby musicals. Still as a child, we attended Saturday matinees courtesy of the management. We received passes for distributing flyers on upcoming movies. Saturday afternoons, we kids would sing en-masse “Hail, Hail the gang’s all here, Mary Jane and Alice singing at the Palace” Then we would see the changing colors on the curtain finally part and we would watch never-ending serials, good-guy cowboy and mad-scientist movies. Through my high school days the Palace was there. It was there after I returned from WW2. I saw the decline start even before I moved away in 1960 – and the horrible conditions in subsequent years during my visits there. It would be great to see the Palace return to even a tiny bit iof its glorious past. Keep trying guys!