Princess Theater
1102 Paris Road,
Mayfield,
KY
42066
1102 Paris Road,
Mayfield,
KY
42066
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The Mayfield Twin Cinema opened its doors on September 29, 1972 with “Mary Queen of Scots” at Screen 1 and Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio” at Screen 2. It was first owned and managed by Doral W. Jones and originally housed 500 seats (with 250 seats in each auditorium).
The Mayfield Twin Cinema did receive some trouble during the late-1980s and early-1990s due to multiple police reports of underaged arrests, including alcoholic-related charges. After closing in 1992, the theater sat abandoned for five years.
As the Cardinal Drive-In remains as the only movie theater in Mayfield for a time, 58-year-old Bill Yancey of Arlington (who once operated the Arly Theatre in Arlington) knew that the only indoor cinema in Mayfield closed for a few years. After renovation led by him, the twin-screen theater reopened as the Mayfair Plaza Cinema on November 21, 1997 with “Anastasia” and “Alien 4 (The Resurrection)” with a total capacity of 480 seats (with 240 seats in each auditorium).
After closing in 2002, the Mayfield Plaza Cinema sat abandoned again until it reopened as the Princess Theater on November 18, 2005.
The Princess in fact survived the tornado unscathed. It was back in operation a few weeks afterwards
Yep. I hope someone can pull out the tornado path soon to see if it did hit the Princess or not.
To 50sSNIPES ,that was my 1st thought a few day ago as well .A Google earth search takes you to the center of a strip mall ,but if you manually search from there the princess is over in the very far corner and sits alone. Of course the google photos are from a while ago and are undated. However the website is still active and as of December 12th there are actually showtimes listed for Ghostbusters afterlife and Encanto. Thoughts and prayers for eveybody over there
Did the Princess Theater survived last night’s deadly tornado outbreak?
I know for sure that it ran in the early 90’s. I went there. I own the original 16mm camera’s that they ran there in the 1970’s and I also own the 35mm camera’s that ran after that until the closing in the early 90’s.
Must still be open the website is still active.