Capitol Cinema (Ottawa)
Coordinates: 45°25′14″N 75°42′03″W / 45.420548°N 75.700804°W / 45.420548; -75.700804
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The Capitol Cinema (constructed 1920, demolished 1970) was the largest movie theatre ever built in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was the city's only true movie palace. Opened in 1920, the 2530-seat cinema was regarded as one of the best cinemas designed by famed theatre-architect Thomas W. Lamb.
Read more about Capitol Cinema (Ottawa): The Grand Opening, Ottawa's Landmark Cinema, Demolition
Famous quotes containing the words capitol and/or cinema:
“A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“Compare ... the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they re-enact the same drama. Deep in the nature of theatre is a sense of ritual. The cinema, by contrast, transports its audience individually, singly, out of the theatre towards the unknown.”
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