Capitol Theatre Building (Shanghai)

 office building, business centre/building, 1928_construction

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Guanglu Grand Theater, the former Capitol Theatre, was designed by C. H. Gonda, a famous Hungarian architect, in Art Deco style. The building had been completed in February 1928, and it was the best cinema in Shanghai during 1930s.
During the Anti-Japanese War (1937 - 1945), Guanglu Grand Theater had been occupied by a traitor film company and called it "Cultural Cinema". After China's victory, the cinema had once been a club for the American Forces staying in Shanghai. In 1953 Shanghai government took over it and renamed it "Shuguang Theater" (Dawn Theater). Later the government changed the cinema's function to show newsreels and documentary films. Today's Guanglu Grand Theater has become Shanghai International Trade House.