Capitol Cinema : general view



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28 Sep 1982

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This 1982 photograph shows the old Capitol Cinema on Stamford Road, previously known as Capitol Theatre. Completed in 1930, it served as a theatre until 1946, when it became Shaw Organisation's flagship cinema. In 1984, it was earmarked for urban redevelopment and relaunched as Capitol Building (formerly Shaw Building) in 1992. It screened its last movie on 29 December 1998. Title devised by Library staff.


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Motion picture theaters--Singapore--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs

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Commercial buildings

Movie theatres

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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