Mrs. Roper romp fundraiser supports Montgomery's Capri Theatre
Caftans and chunky jewelry turned Old Cloverdale's June 27 Mrs. Roper Romp into a benefit for Montgomery's only independent cinema. The Capri Theatre's nonprofit stewards have kept it alive since 1983.
Caftans, wigs and chunky jewelry filled Old Cloverdale on June 27 as the Mrs. Roper Romp turned a themed pub crawl into a benefit for the Capri Theatre. The event invited Montgomery fans of Three's Company to dress like Mrs. Roper and support Montgomery's only independent cinema, making the costume party part of a larger effort to keep a neighborhood movie house operating.
The Capri sits at 1045 E Fairview Ave and traces its story back to 1941, when it opened as the Clover Theatre. It was remodeled and renamed the Capri in December 1962, and neighbors formed the Capri Community Film Society in 1982 to save the theater from decline. The nonprofit took over operations in 1983 and has run the building ever since.
That history gives the Mrs. Roper Romp more weight than a simple novelty event. The Capri describes itself as Montgomery's first neighborhood theatre and Alabama's longest continuously operating movie theater, a status that depends on steady community backing as much as on ticket sales. Memberships, merchandise and fundraisers all feed into the same operating support that keeps the theater open for repertory films, special screenings, live events and community nights.
The Capri Community Film Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), and its mission reaches beyond movies alone. The organization frames the theater around film, arts, culture, education and entertainment, which is why neighborhood-driven fundraisers matter so much in practice. A lighthearted romp in Old Cloverdale helps cover the real costs of maintaining a preserved cinema and keeping a flexible programming calendar alive.
For Alabama independent film, that is the point. The Capri's survival has always depended on neighbors turning affection for the building into something practical, first in the 1980s when they organized to save it, and now in events like the Mrs. Roper Romp. At a theater that has outlasted changing eras for 83 years, the costumes were the hook, but the operating support was the win.
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