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[[Image:Alcazar entrance.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Entrance to the Alcazar. Photograph by O. V. Hunt c. 1920. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll6,1665}}]] | [[Image:Alcazar entrance.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Entrance to the Alcazar. Photograph by O. V. Hunt c. 1920. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll6,1665}}]] | ||
The '''Alcazar Theatre''' was a [[List of former cinemas|motion picture theater]] located | The '''Alcazar Theatre''' was a [[List of former cinemas|motion picture theater]] located at 1911 [[2nd Avenue North]]. It was managed by [[S. S. Griffin]] and exhibited Broadway, V.L.S.E, Metro, World and Fox pictures accompanied by its own 12-piece '''Alcazar Orchestra'''. | ||
The theater exterior was extensively renovated in [[1915]] with new poster windows on the street. It was later re-named the [[Capitol Theater]]. | The theater exterior was extensively renovated in [[1915]] with new poster windows on the street. It was later re-named the [[Capitol Theater]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 15 February 2015
Entrance to the Alcazar. Photograph by O. V. Hunt c. 1920. courtesy BPL Archives
The Alcazar Theatre was a motion picture theater located at 1911 2nd Avenue North. It was managed by S. S. Griffin and exhibited Broadway, V.L.S.E, Metro, World and Fox pictures accompanied by its own 12-piece Alcazar Orchestra.
The theater exterior was extensively renovated in 1915 with new poster windows on the street. It was later re-named the Capitol Theater.
References
- "The Beautiful Alcazar Theatre" (January 20, 1916) The Birmingham Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 42 - accessed via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections