Capitol Theatre

50sSNIPES on May 11, 2025 at 8:57 am

I don’t know who the hell cut out that grand opening advertisement three days before its official opening, but the good news is that its grand opening advertisement on the exact opening date was found.

The Capitol opened its doors on February 28, 1930 with Jack Oakie in “Sweetie” along with the talking short “Marching To Georgia” and the Paramount Screen Song “Dixie”, featuring sound installations of Western Electric, and the original Morton Opera House likely opened its doors by manager Fletcher Terrell on September 27, 1900 with a live presentation of “Maloney’s Wedding”.

• Unfortunately, there was an article from February 1930 that explained about the then-new Capitol that talked about the life of the Morton. It says that the Morton opened on March 8, 1901 with “The Princess Chic” starring Margaret Silva, but I’m very sure that is 100% incorrect. Its possibly a change of management and not an exact grand opening.

rivest266 on March 10, 2019 at 11:15 am

History: This opened as the Morton Opera House in December 1900 and renamed Garrick in 1912. On July 12th, 1928 the Garrick theatre burns down. It was rebuilt and reopened on February 28th, 1930 as the Capitol theatre, which closed on November 20th, 1974. It was at the NE Corner of Union & Cardwell.

Capitol theatre in Madisonville history Sat, Feb 28, 1976 – 34 · The Messenger (Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States of America) · Newspapers.com

jdftn1947 on September 8, 2013 at 6:34 pm

I lived in Madisonville in the 1970s and remember going to the movie at the Capital Theatre ..then they opened the two theatres out by the shopping center ..wasn’t the same … and the theatre became a parking lot .. these days would be nice to have it as a reminder how great movies use to be