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raysson commented about High Point Road Cinema on May 28, 2015 at 10:43 am

This theater has been demolished. A Walgreens and other speciality stores now sits where the movie theater once was.

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raysson commented about Cinema 4 on May 28, 2015 at 10:34 am

I’m conducting research information on this theatre which to my opinion opened way before 1990. According to sources,this cinema opened under a different chain.

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raysson commented about Terrace Theatres 1 & 2 on May 14, 2015 at 1:28 pm

THEATRE HISTORY:

1967-1971 Wilby-Kincey Theatres

1971-1979 ABC Southeastern Theatres

1979-1986 Plitt Southern Theatres

1986-1991 Cineplex Odeon/Plitt Theatres

1991-1998 Carmike Cinemas

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raysson commented about Mall Twin Theatres on May 14, 2015 at 1:26 pm

Closed on January 23, 1998 under Carmike Cinemas as the Mall Twin Theatres.

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raysson commented about AMC Raleigh 15 on May 7, 2015 at 12:33 pm

This theater does BIG business and it is one of three Carmike Cinemas in Raleigh besides the Blue Ridge 14 and the Park Place 16 in Morrisville.

The Carmike 15 also has special late shows on Friday and Saturdays.

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raysson commented about On The Screen: Cinerama on May 6, 2015 at 12:45 pm

MPol:
There was a CINERAMA theater in North Carolina that also have a ton of reserved seat engagement showings during the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Charlotte: Carolina Theater

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raysson commented about Carmike Plaza Twin Cinema on Apr 27, 2015 at 2:16 pm

“STAR WARS” played here first-run on July 8, 1977.

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raysson commented about Carmike Plaza Twin Cinema on Apr 27, 2015 at 2:15 pm

Opened as the Plaza Cinema 1 & 2 under Stewart Everett on November 21, 1972……….

OPENING ATTRACTIONS FOR THE CINEMA TWIN’S GRAND OPENING

CINEMA 1- Peter Sellers in “WHERE DOES IT HURT?”

CINEMA 2- Goldie Hawn in “BUTTERFILES ARE FREE”

THE COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR THE PLAZA CINEMA 1 & 2:

George C. Scott in “THE NEW CENTURIONS”–

Barbara Streisand in William Wyler’s “FUNNY GIRL”

Marlon Brando in “THE GODFATHER”

Clint Eastwood as “JOE KIDD”

Charles Bronson in “THE VALACHI PAPERS”

And the BIG ONE for 1972….“THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE”

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raysson commented about College Road Cinemas on Apr 22, 2015 at 3:03 pm

Closed its doors on Thursday October 17, 2002. This information will be updated.

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raysson commented about Independence Cinema 3 on Apr 22, 2015 at 3:01 pm

Carmike Cinemas renamed it the Independence Cinema 3

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raysson commented about Oleander Twin on Apr 22, 2015 at 3:00 pm

Carmike Cinemas also renamed it the Oleander Twin.

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raysson commented about AMC Park Terrace 6 on Apr 14, 2015 at 1:55 pm

Peter Hyams “2010” was one of the only 70mm-6 track Dolby Stereo presentations in the Carolinas that opened in December 1984 at this theater.

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raysson commented about Cameron Village Theatre on Mar 30, 2015 at 1:10 pm

The Cameron Village Theater got a lot of the movies made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia, Disney and Universal. During the 60’s a ton of the Elvis Presley films made by MGM played here first-run.

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raysson commented about Cameron Village Theatre on Mar 30, 2015 at 1:08 pm

The theater once stood where K&W Cafeteria is located now. Information regarding this theater should be revised as “closed”, “demolished”, “750 seats”

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raysson commented about Cameron Village Theatre on Mar 30, 2015 at 1:06 pm

Correction: William Wyler’s BEN-HUR played here as a reserved seat engagement at Raleigh’s Cameron Village Theater on August 10, 1960 for its Eastern North Carolina premiere event.

The other reserved seat engagement in the Carolinas played at Charlotte’s Plaza Theater on June 10, 1960 as the reserved seat engagement showing.

Raleigh and Charlotte were the only two cities in the state that presented BEN-HUR as a roadshow engagement. Other cities didn’t get the film until late-1960 or early-1961 as a general release even though it was originally released in 1959.

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raysson commented about Mission Valley Cinemas on Mar 30, 2015 at 12:58 pm

King of Film: Mission Valley had a 70mm print of RETURN OF THE JEDI but was absent from the 70mm, 6 track Dolby Stereo presentations in the Raleigh area. Only Charlotte and Winston-Salem were the only theaters that presented JEDI in 70mm, 6 track Dolby Stereo…..

See the website digitalbits for further information:

www.digitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy—showmanship/remembering-return-of-the-jedi-30th

The 70mm,6 track DOBLY STEREO presentations of JEDI:

Charlotte: Park Terrace

Winston-Salem: Thruway

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raysson commented about Clear Springs Cinema 6 on Mar 30, 2015 at 12:49 pm

Owned and operated by Piedmont Amusements/Multi-Cinema corporation which specializes in showing second-run films at discount prices. Multi-Cinema owned and operated several discount moviehouses in both North and South Carolina and Southeastern Virginia.

By the mid to late 1990’s the theater faced stiff competition with nearby Carolina Mall Cinemas and the flashier,larger behemoth megaplex that was Concord Mills that opened in the late-1990’s that put this second-run cinema on the edge of closing but it remained in business due to its showing of second-run films at bargain prices. The final picture show for the Clear Springs Cinema 6 came in 2001 closing its doors forever.

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raysson commented about AMC Hanes 12 on Mar 30, 2015 at 12:40 pm

Opened on May 9, 1997 with Tim Allen in Jungle 2 Jungle

On May 23, 1997 the Wynnsong Cinemas were playing Steven Spielburg’s JURASSIC PARK:THE LOST WORLD in THX and Dolby Digital on 3 screens!!!

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raysson commented about Clear Springs Cinema 6 on Mar 27, 2015 at 10:17 am

Owned and operated under Piedmont Amusements/Multi-Cinema, the Clear Springs Cinema 6 opened on July 20, 1990 as Concord’s first-ever discount theater. It closed in 2001.

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raysson commented about AMC Hanes 12 on Mar 27, 2015 at 10:15 am

Owned and operated under Carmike Cinemas, the Wynnsong Cinema 12 opened on May 9, 1997. Located on Hanes Mall Boulevard where the intersections of Business and Bypass I-40 meet across from the Hanes Mall.

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raysson commented about AMC Classic Winston-Salem 10 on Mar 27, 2015 at 10:13 am

Opened on December 10, 1993 as Carmike’s first-ever multiplex cinema replacing the Reynolda Cinema 3.

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raysson commented about Cinemark Randolph Mall Cinema 7 on Mar 24, 2015 at 3:07 pm

Located inside the Randolph Mall on the Northeast side of the shopping center between Dillard’s and Sears.

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raysson commented about Varsity Theatre on Mar 16, 2015 at 3:34 pm

This theatre also got a lot of the Disney releases too. Some first-run showings. Among the most successful that brought in capacity crowds was the VARSITY’S first-run showing of MARY POPPINS.

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raysson commented about Varsity Theatre on Mar 16, 2015 at 12:12 pm

And speaking of the Varsity’s first-run showing of THE SOUND OF MUSIC……

It was shown first-run as a specially selective engagement presentation at Christmas of 1967 when the film was a general release.

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raysson commented about Riverside Theatre on Mar 13, 2015 at 11:45 am

“The Sound of Music” played here as well as some of the greatest movies of the 60’s including its first-run showings of Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins”,along with the exclusive showings of “Doctor Zhivago” among others.