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.
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
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
This theater has been demolished. A Walgreens and other speciality stores now sits where the movie theater once was.
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.
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
Closed on January 23, 1998 under Carmike Cinemas as the Mall Twin Theatres.
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.
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
“STAR WARS” played here first-run on July 8, 1977.
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”
Closed its doors on Thursday October 17, 2002. This information will be updated.
Carmike Cinemas renamed it the Independence Cinema 3
Carmike Cinemas also renamed it the Oleander Twin.
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.
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.
The theater once stood where K&W Cafeteria is located now. Information regarding this theater should be revised as “closed”, “demolished”, “750 seats”
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.
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
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
Opened on December 10, 1993 as Carmike’s first-ever multiplex cinema replacing the Reynolda Cinema 3.
Located inside the Randolph Mall on the Northeast side of the shopping center between Dillard’s and Sears.
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.
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.
“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.