Capitol Avenue Theatre
3912 Capitol Avenue,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70802
3912 Capitol Avenue,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70802
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The Capitol Ave. Theatre opened in 1951. In April of 1956, it installed widescreen projection to present CinemaScope films. Its last ad was December 26, 1956 with “The Last Hunt.” It was old to the archdiocese which converted it into a church. It stood until 2010 and was demolished for a new St. Paul The Apostle Catholic Church opening in 2011. It might help to change the address from 3912 Capitol Avenue to 3912 Gus Young Avenue as the street name changed confounding a subset of mapping systems.
Same theater? Boxoffice, Jan. 25, 1960: “J. G. Broggi … informed Boxoffice that the Capitol, Baton Rouge, one of his former accounts, was sold to the archdiocese, along with other property in the block, to be demolished and replaced by an all-Negro seminary with a large, landscaped campus.”
Grand opening ad posted.
Is this the same theatre? https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2333505265/in/photostream/