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Capitol Cinema (City of Ottawa, Ontario)

Canada / Ontario / Ottawa / City of Ottawa, Ontario / Ottawa Municipal Road \31/ - Bank Street
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Opened on November 8, 1920, later demolished in 1970.

Designed by famed theatre-architect Thomas W. Lamb, the 2,580-seat Capitol Cinema was considered to be among the finest movie palaces in North America and was the largest movie theater ever built in Ottawa.

Its stage hosted, among others, Nelson Eddy, Ethel Barrymore, John Gielgud, Maurice Chevalier, Michael Redgrave, Victor Borge, Pearl Bailey, Nat King Cole, Vladimir Horowitz, Glenn Gould, the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Ravi Shankar.
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Coordinates:   45°25'12"N   75°42'3"W
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