Dominion Theatre -
Vancouver, B.C.
965 Granville St.
 
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Dominion Theatre, c.1916. Image courtesy Past Tense Vancouver
 
The Dominion Theatre opened in 1909 and was designed by prolific Vancouver architectural firm Parr & Fee.
 

News item in Exhibitors Trade Review (later known as Motion Picture Daily) December 3, 1921 (p778).
 
The news item shown above states that Julian Haywood was an organist at the Dominion Theatre in 1921. The organ may have been a smaller, orchestra pit-type organ. No further information about the instrument is available.
 

Dominion auditorium, date unknown. Image courtesy Vancouver Public Library, public domain.
 

Retouched photo of the Dominion Theatre, possibly from 1909. Image from advertising materials associated with Parr & Fee Architects. Image courtesy Royal BC Museum.
 

c.1916
 

Granville Street at night, c.1951. Image courtesy Vancouver Public Library, public domain.
 
According to Graeme McBain posting to cinematreasures.com, the house was renamed Downtown Theatre in 1967. It closed in 1988 and stood vacant for six years until it changed owernship and reopened on December 26, 1992 as the Caprice Showcase Theatre. Today the theatre operates as a nightclub retaining the Caprice name.