The Capitol Theatre was a movie palace located at 1645 Broadway just north of Times Square in New York City across from the Winter Garden Theatre. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb the Capitol seated 4000 and opened October 24 1919. It was one of the first of the large lavish movie theaters that dominated the film exhibition business for the next 40 years. The theater was acquired in 1924 by the entertainment magnate Marcus Loew and became the flagship of his deluxe Loew’s Theatres chain.
