Cat Video Fest returns to the Capitol Theatre! CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Each year, across the country, they partner with a cat-focused charity near the theater, with proceeds from each show helping folks like us to keep looking out for our furry friends. This year’s local partner is the Rome Humane Society. In addition to the Cat Video Fest film, local cat owners can submit their photos and/or videos of their own cats and watch them before the main feature on the Capitol Theatre screen. Rating: All Ages Runtime: 74 minutes Language: English Format: 2D Digital Venue: Capitol Theatre

Three years in production by Emmy-nominated Syracuse, New York native Tom Garber, Creating the Erie Canal tells the captivating story of the men and women who actually designed and built the original canal. Creating the Erie Canal has been produced as a part of the bicentennial celebrations of the opening of the Erie Canal this year. The film tells the story of upstate New York pioneers discovering the intersection of ambition and opportunity in creating the world’s longest hand-dug canal. The movie will be introduced virtually by the director, Tom Garber, who will participate in a Q&A session following the screening Rating: Not Rated Runtime: 55 Minutes Language: English Venue: Capitol Theatre Format: Digital Print

Join for the Capitol Theatre's annual Halloween Horror Double Feature, showcasing two classic horror films from the legendary producer Val Lewton. In 1942's Cat People, a young man falls in love with a mysterious woman who harbors a morbid fear that she is the victim of an ancient curse that changes her into a panther. Is it mental derangement or are there grounds for her obsession? Starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jack Holt, and Jane Randolph; Directed by Jacques Tourneur. In 1945's The Body Snatcher, based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, a ghoulish criminal is hired by a doctor to procure corpses for his experiments in the last film featuring both horror legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, and Russell Wade; Directed by Robert Wise. Some scenes of violence and/or intensity may be inappropriate for children; discretion of parents or guardians is advised. Rating: Not Rated Runtime: ~150 Minutes c/ 10 Minute Intermission Language: English Venue: Capitol Theatre Format: Digitial Print [DCP]

Mystery Night is BACK at the Capitol Theatre, featuring the detective mystery film Green for Danger and a mystery short subject There It Is. Green for Danger, based on a novel by Christianna Brand, follows an investigator for Scotland Yard who investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz, and will be run on 35mm film. As always, our Mystery Night will be complete with a live on stage mystery for you, the audience, to solve. Rating: All ages Runtime: ~110 Minutes c/ 10 Minute Intermission Language: English Venue: Capitol Theatre Format: 35mm Film

Celebrate local history on the bicentennial of the opening of the Erie Canal with this classic 1935 comedy starring Henry Fonda in his screen debut and Janet Gaynor. Based upon the 1929 novel Rome Haul by Walter D. Edmonds and the Broadway play of the same name, The Farmer Takes a Wife is the story of Dan Harrow (Fonda), who works along the Erie Canal during the mid-19th century to raise money to buy a farm. While working, he meets Molly Larkins (Gaynor), a beautiful canal boat cook, and although Harrow wants to marry Larkins, she’s apprehensive about leaving the exciting canal life for one of a farmer’s wife. Runtime: 91 minutes Rating: Not Rated Language: English Format: 35mm Film Print Venue: Capitol Theatre

LIVE ON STAGE! The Vampire Circus Comes to the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY this October for a Spooky Spectacle! Just in time for Halloween, The Vampire Circus is descending upon the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY for a night of thrills, chills, and extraordinary entertainment! This mesmerizing, gothic-infused spectacle will take place Thursday, October 23rd, and promises a hauntingly beautiful fusion of circus artistry, theater, technology, twisted acrobatics, and the mysterious allure of vampires. The Vampire Circus combines jaw-dropping acrobatics, contortion, aerial stunts, and mind-bending performances. Guests will be transported to a world where the supernatural reigns, and where death-defying acts are as thrilling as the storyline itself. Whether you are a fan of dark fantasy or just seeking an unforgettable night out, this show has something for everyone. Set in Bohemia during the 19 century, Count Dracula contemplates a plan for world domination when he decides to open a traveling circus with his gypsy bodyguards. The Vampire Circus is a perfect cover-up to travel unnoticed and begin his world reign of terror and turn all humans into an army of vampires for global dominance.