Capitol Theatre
Kuala Lumpur
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Architects: Y.T. Lee
Styles: Art Deco
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The Capitol Theatre was opened in 1947 and it was located next to another Shaw Organisation’s cinema - the Federal Theatre. The theatre had seating located in orchestra and balcony levels. The Capitol Theatre was a Chinese movie hall until 1996 when it switched to showing Indian movies until it was closed in 2000.
The Capitol Theatre had a capability to show 3-D movies and it has shown movies like “Friday the 13th” Part in Super 3-D, “Jaws 3D” etc. The last 3-D movie that was shown in the Capitol Theatre was “MetalStorm”. The Capitol Theatre in Kuala Lumpur also had a capability of screening movies that were in 70mm format.
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Augustine Heng, Valerie Kam
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