Temple Theatre

120 Carthage Street,
Sanford, NC 27330

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 17, 2025 at 5:56 am

First Performance: February 4th, 1925. Temple Theatre first performanceTemple Theatre first performance 30 Jan 1925, Fri The Sanford Express (Sanford, North Carolina) Newspapers.com

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on April 14, 2025 at 3:01 am

The new-build Temple Theatre was built in 1924 and completed in early 1925 opening March 2, 1925 with the film, “Janice Meredith” starring Marion Davies. The venue added sound to remain viable. It went out of business on August 26, 1961. It reopened as the New Temple Theatre on December 17, 1964 with “The Horror of Beach Party” and “The Curse of the Living Corpse.” It appears to have closed on September30. 1965 completing at second 20-year leasing agreement with “Pretty But Wicked,” Highway Pickup,“ and "Hollywood Report.”

Patsy
Patsy on February 7, 2010 at 4:20 pm

Chuck: I would love to see a vintage photo of this theatre which might show the original marquee as the one in all of the above photos can’t be the original. And this theatre is only one of many contributed by LM on CT.

Patsy
Patsy on January 22, 2010 at 7:31 am

A beautiful theatre exterior, but not sure what is going on with their marquee…is it or was it copper? BTW, it sure looks like former CT member, Lost Memory left his mark on this theatre link with his posts, exclusively! I, for one, miss him and wish he would return as he was a valued member!