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Cox Capitol Theatre
''' The Cox Capitol Theatre is located on 382 2nd Street in Macon, Georgia. The Cox is not only a place where Macon residents can come enjoy a movie showing, it also serves as a place where bands and musical groups can perform live entertainment. It has become a popular destination among many Macon residents and out-of-town visitors. The Cox Theatre is one of Macon's most popular historic buildings that still serves the community today. According to the Cox Capitol Theatre website, the Cox "revitalized theatre venue featuring a variety of live music from rock bands to first-class musical tours, as well as popular, vintage and independent films." According to their History page on their website, "after 31 years, The Capitol Theatre re-opened to the general public on January 18, 2006. The Cox now operates as a movie house and live entertainment venue. People can come Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights to watch movies. Thursdays feature live entertainment."

History
The Cox Capitol Theatre was not the first business originally located on 368 2nd Street. According to the Cox Capitol Theatre website, the first company located there was the "Commercial Savings and Loan, which was built in 1897 and was closed shortly thereafter. Strong Shoe Company bought the building and was located on the site from 1900-1915.  In November of 1916, at a cost of $50,000, the Capitol, Macon’s first modern theater, was opened to the public." According to the Macon Daily Telegraph, "This state of the art theater was one of the most progressive of it’s time."(Macon Daily Telegraph 11/10/1916) The Cox was equipped with leather furniture which housed 500 people on the first floor and 450 people upstairs in the balcony. According to the Macon Telegraph, the Cox also had "Chic ivory and black fixtures provided electric lighting throughout the house. The women’s restroom, located on the mezzanine floor, was decorated with Persian upholstered white whicker furniture. In the ladies’ room were a lavatory, mirror, dressing table, telephone, and of course, a maid." (Macon Daily Telegraph 11/10/1916)" Not only did the Theatre have lavish furniture and restrooms, it also had a top-of-the-line movie screen, which "was made of gold-fiber, a modern answer to the problem of flickering on older screens. The first operator was R.A. Smith. In the box office, his wife was in charge of collecting the admission fee of fifteen cents. The first motion picture at the Capitol Theater was “Anita Stewart” which was shown at 3 o’clock on November 10, 1916. (Macon Daily Telegraph 11/10/1916)" The Capitol recieved the nick-name of "Most imposing in the South" due to its' "$30,000 Wurlitzer pipe organ, constructed especially for motion pictures, and able to play the most cutting edge sound effects of the time as well as new carpet, curtains, projection machines and an ‘ice water machine.’ The first two motion pictures shown during the first week of the Capitol’s re-opening were Paramount pictures, “Fireman, Save My Child” featuring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in the beginning of the week, and later, “Chang,” which was produced by Ernest B. Shoedsach and Merian Cooper (of Macon). The tickets cost 25 cents in the afternoon and 30 cents at night. There were four showings each day."

Timeline of the Cox Capitol Theatre

 * August 25, 1927: $8,000 permit issued for Capitol repairs
 * October 16, 1930: "The Rialto closes and the Capitol becomes the theater in Macon for first run movies. Tickets cost 50 cents."
 * May 5, 1933: "Lucas and Jenkins buy the Capitol, Grand, Ritz and Rialto. The Grand Opera House is opened for road shows. The Capitol remains Macon’s first run movie theater and there is discussion of widening the stage to accommodate vaudeville and musical comedies. Tickets cost 25 cents for matinees and 30 cents for evening movies."
 * October 31, 1933: "Western Movie star Tom Mix and his “wonder horse” Tony entertain families at the Capitol with sharp shooting and hatchet throwing. Later, “Last Round Up” is shown on the big screen, starring Randy Scott, a Georgia Tech grad, as hero. A news reel was shown of an Atlanta prohibitionist woman performed “Hail Columbia,” the first American National Anthem."
 * May 9, 1946: "Postwar renovations of the Capitol include instillation of air conditioning as well as candy and popcorn bars."