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Motion Picture N e 7V s
A view of the auditorium, stage and orchestra of Kunsky's New Capitol theatre. Detroit, Mich., showing the magnificence of its decorations along
with the magnitude of the general design
Capitol Theatre, Detroit, New Entertainment Palace
Fifth Largest Motion Picture Theatre in United States
The Capitol theatre, Detroit, John H. Kunsky’s greatest and biggest theatre devoted to motion pictures, had its premier Thursday evening, Jan. 12th at seven p. m. The house is located on Broadway, near Grand Circus Park and runs through to Madison avenue. The building is so constructed that six floors cf offices face both streets. The cost of constructing the Capitol theatre, with the offices, including the property was approximately $3,000,000. The financing of the project was handled entirely by George W. Trendle, general manager and secretary of the John H. Kunsky Enterprises.
The Capitol means one more theatre added to the circuit already conducted by the Kunsky Enterprises. The complete list is: Capitol.
Madison, Adams, Alhambra, Limvood, De Luxe, Columbia, Liberty, Strand, Empress, Royal, all playing motion pictures.
The architect was C. Howard Crane, who has built more than '250 theatres in America, and who now maintains offices in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Paris and London.
The Capitol is a real place of beauty and is “ the last word ” in theatres to use an absurd phrase. It is a place where the artistic, the scientific and the comfortable are happily
blended. It has a seating capacity of 4,500; it has everything you could hope for in a theatre and a good deal more.
Among the highlights of its architectural and artistic features are a spacious and beautiful foyer, a promenade of 242 feet long, a smoking room and lounge for men, handsome retiring rooms for the ladies, a high auditorium artistically appointed and a lighting system that gives something newT and novel in the way of illuminating effects. Instead of the usual chandeliers or indirect lighting fixtures, the lighting is reflected through fountains of glass ( Continued on page 1164)