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Capitol Theatre

Venue Type & Location

Theatre
Site Name: Unlocated site
Country: Carleton
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Location Type: Town - multiple sites at uncertain locations

Overview

Address: 90 Bank Street

 

Built in 1920, the Capitol Cinema barely made it to its 50th anniversary.  It had 2530 seats and had been designed by the theatre-architect Thomas W. Lamb.

  In 1924, the cinema was renamed "Keith's Vaudeville" after being bought by American Keith theatre circuit.     The last movie presented was M.A.S.H on May first 1970.        "Capitol Cinema at Bank and Queen." Ottawa past & present, Ottawa past & present, 22 Apr. 2013, www.pastottawa.com/comparison/capitol-cinema-at-bank-and-queen/243/