Capri Cinema
3425 E. Tudor Road,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
3425 E. Tudor Road,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
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Closed on March 28, 2000 with “Toy Story 2”, “Isn’t She Great”, and a special showing of the 1959 classic “North by Northwest”.
This most likely opened on December 5, 1975 with Rod Cameron in “The Steel Lady” along with a few unnamed cartoons. This started life as a classic movie house.
The Majestic opened in November 1975. In March 22nd, 1978, it was renamed the Regency after a contest. Then, on April 13th, 1979, it reopened as the Capri Theatre. The theater closed on March 30th, 2000. Grand opening ads posted.
This is an incredible history to learn and just makes me depressed that no one has stepped up to replace this theater with one in Anchorage solely devoted to arthouse/indie fare.
Instead we’re reliant on whatever the corporate executives at Regal or Cinemark decide to book, or the sometimes suspect whims of the booker at Bear Tooth. It’s not enough; maybe one day a true arthouse theater will open again in Anchorage.
I scanned my Capri flyers from the ‘90s if you’re interested in what was screening there (and at the short-lived single screen 35mm theater in the basement of Cyrano’s downtown) between 1991 and 1997.
Is it for sale?
I remember this theater vividly. I’d watched “Crash” (1996), Breaking the Waves, Shine, Secrets and Lies… it was a great, small theater that showed films that you couldn’t find anywhere else in Anchorage, then and now.
Must be a typo.
“CAMILLE CLAUDEL” now playing at the Capri,Had it rated R and in the paper it said no one under 13. What?
Now showing June 7 1990 is “TIE ME UP!TIE ME DOWN!” rated X. Called the “Fine gallery art cinema”
This started to show in Anchorage newspapers (Google just digitized 1970-1994) in 1997. Adult movies 1980-1985