Capitol Theater
114 State Street,
Elmira,
NY
14901
114 State Street,
Elmira,
NY
14901
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I saw EMPIRE STRIKES BACK here. Also, BRAZIL. (I think STREETS OF FIRE, too.) Nice house.
The Capitol is the 1913 Amusu remodeled in 1925. Also remodeled in the late 50’s and after the 1972 flood. The Capitol was the smallest and least grand of the downtown theaters.
This opened on October 5th, 1925. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
The listing of 1500 seats for this theatre is way off; it was a fairly small building, all mezzanine and no balcony. I think that at maximum it probably held 500, probably less.
Dipson use to book all the bigger prestige pictures into this house, which I always thought was strange, given that they also had the much larger Elmira just down the street. * Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Godfather, Rocky * all played long runs here.
Last renovation was 1980; the theatre was closed for three weeks for new seats, new projection and new Dolby stereo sound prior to reopening for * The Empire Strikes Back*.