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NightHawk1 commented about Colony Theatre on Nov 12, 2016 at 11:08 pm

The former Colony Theatre and the adjacent storefront, which were combined into a single unit by Brody’s Department Store, are now occupied by the Uptown Brewing Company.

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NightHawk1 commented about AMC Market Fair 15 on Apr 10, 2016 at 9:03 pm

The enclosed mall attached to the MarketFair 15 cinema was demolished in 2014, redeveloped as an open-air shopping center.

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NightHawk1 commented about Carmike Carolina East 4 on Oct 6, 2015 at 7:18 pm

This theater is now demolished.

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NightHawk1 commented about Park Theatre on Sep 19, 2015 at 9:54 pm

The address for the Park Theatre should be listed as 1310 North Queen Street. It is currently vacant.

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NightHawk1 commented about Carmike Carolina East 4 on Sep 17, 2015 at 7:44 pm

Demolition began today on the entire Carolina East Center, including the former Carolina East 4 Cinemas. A new shopping center will replace the entire complex; anchors are to be Hobby Lobby and an unnamed big-box retailer (most likely either a Publix or Harris Teeter grocery).

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NightHawk1 commented about Marine Drive-In on Jul 9, 2015 at 4:49 pm

This drive-in most likely closed in 1969,as ABC/Wilby-Kincey opened the Cardinal indoor cinema a couple of blocks east of this location that year (the coupon pictured above indicates the Marine Drive-In as an ABC theatre; Wilby-Kincey was at that time the ABC subsidiary operating their North Carolina theatres). The Marine Drive-In was long gone by 1975, as Sanders Ford has been on that site since at least then.

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NightHawk1 commented about Parkhill Cinema 3 on Feb 26, 2015 at 8:50 pm

The Parkhill Cinema 3 is and was always an independent exhibitor; neither Stewart-Everett nor Carmike Cinemas ever owned this theater. The Oakwood Twin Theatre in Rocky Mount was the only S&E or Carmike venue in Edgecombe County.

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NightHawk1 commented about AMC Fire Tower 12 on Feb 26, 2015 at 8:42 pm

Back in early January 2015 there were rumors that the Carmike 12 would be closed for renovations making it into a dine-in cinema. The rumors, first reported by a local TV station, turned out to be false. There are currently no plans for any major renovations to the Carmike 12; it will continue to operate as usual. Regal’s Greenville Grande 14 has nothing to fear from this multiplex, as they (Regal) have the newer and better facilities.

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NightHawk1 commented about Advert for Westgate Mall Cinemas, Spartanburg, SC on Feb 26, 2015 at 8:08 pm

This ad is from the now-demolished Westgate Cinema IV in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Regal Westgate Mall Cinema 8 had not been built yet in 1985 (Regal Cinemas itself did not exist back then, either).

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NightHawk1 commented about Paramount Theatre on Feb 5, 2015 at 10:17 pm

The Platinum nightclub has been evicted from the former Paramount Theatre due to nonpayment of rent and frequent violence. The Paramount Theatre building is currently vacant.

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NightHawk1 commented about Fox Drive-In on Jan 29, 2015 at 10:25 pm

If the above address (next to Powers-Swain Chevrolet) is correct then the Fox Drive-In closed as a three-screen drive-in: two back-to-back screens (still standing) and a third, smaller screen at the front of the property (the steelwork of which now stands on a used-car lot).

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NightHawk1 commented about AMC Fayetteville 14 on Jan 6, 2015 at 10:57 pm

This is the first Carmike location I am aware of to have an IMAX-branded (but more likely “LieMAX”) screen. Carmike’s Patriot 12 in Jacksonville, NC only has the proprietary “Big D” large-format screen. Does Carmike have any other IMAX-branded locations (other than those acquired from other chains)?

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NightHawk1 commented about Carmike Wynnsong 7 on Jan 6, 2015 at 10:20 pm

Another Carmike bites the dust.

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NightHawk1 commented about Highway 264 Playhouse Theatre on Jan 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm

This theater should be listed as Closed, as its current function is that of a topless bar, not a concert theater.

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NightHawk1 commented about AMC Apple Blossom 12 on Jan 5, 2015 at 8:02 pm

Carmike Cinemas did not exist under that name in 1984; at that time they were still known as Martin Theatres. Martin’s Virginia locations were concentrated in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater region: Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth and Williamsburg. This theater was most likely opened by Plitt Southern Theatres, Consolidated Theatres or an operator other than Martin/Carmike.

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NightHawk1 commented about Ritz Theatre on Dec 7, 2014 at 10:51 pm

The Ritz Theatre was most likely demolished (and the New Ritz most likely built) in 1950. The four-laning of Broad Street was part of the re-alignment of US 17 and replacement of the old drawbridge that carried US 17 from Bridgeton to New Bern. The new drawbridge opened in 1951 at the foot of Broad Street; widening of Broad Street would have been done in conjunction with the bridge construction so that Broad Street would be ready for the increased traffic.

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NightHawk1 commented about Starlite Drive-In on Dec 2, 2014 at 11:44 pm

NYozoner: Thanks for finding the correct address for this drive-in. Do you have any info on a drive-in at 450 Wilmington Highway (just north of the former Starlite, immediately south of the Triangle [formerly Red Carpet] Motor Inn), now the site of the Onslow County school bus garage? The aerial view of the bus garage looks like the site was once a drive-in theater.

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NightHawk1 commented about Masonic Theatre on Dec 2, 2014 at 11:15 pm

The Vanceboro indoor theatre , located on the corner of Main Street and White Street, was torn down around 1978-79 after being used as a Laundromat in the 1960s through the early 1970s. Only the lower portion of the wall along White Street remains. Vanceboro also had a drive-in theater just north of town on the corner of NC 43 and Bailey Lane, demolished by 1970.

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NightHawk1 commented about Bear Town Cinema 6 on Dec 2, 2014 at 11:05 pm

Carmike would be the most likely candidate to build a new multiplex in New Bern. Carmike has two multiplexes in Jacksonville (Carmike 16 and the new Patriot 12), a sixplex in Havelock, and others nearby (Greenville and Washington). Carmike has re-entered previously abandoned markets in North Carolina before – the Carmike 10 in Wilson was built at the same mall where they abandoned the three-screen Parkwood Triple a few years before.

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NightHawk1 commented about Athens Theatre on Dec 2, 2014 at 10:57 pm

This is where “Star Wars” played first-run in New Bern? Apparently the Neuse Village Cinema was still single-screen then, as Fox forced S&E to play a lesser film at the better cinema. That move by Fox sounds like a booking practice that was abolished when the Paramount decree was imposed in 1948.

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NightHawk1 commented about Carver Theatre on Dec 2, 2014 at 10:49 pm

The Carver Theatre possibly stayed open until the integration of Kinston’s white movie theaters in the 1960s, as the State Theatre downtown closed in the late 1950s. The Carver was apparently Kinston’s first non-downtown indoor theater, as the Park Theatre didn’t open until 1951.

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NightHawk1 commented about ABC Theaters smock on Oct 17, 2014 at 12:44 pm

This photo must have been taken just before Plitt Southern Theatres bought the remaining ABC Southeastern Theatres in 1978.

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NightHawk1 commented about UEC Theatres 14 on Oct 16, 2014 at 5:15 pm

The renaming of this theater from Premiere Theatres 14 to UEC Theatres 14 was done after a major renovation was completed. UEC seems to be phasing out the Premiere Theatres name in favor of the corporate banner.

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NightHawk1 commented about Midway Drive-In on Oct 12, 2014 at 8:31 pm

I know of only three drive-ins that existed in Craven County: the Starlite/Midway in New Bern, the Havelock Drive-In, and a drive-in in Vanceboro (name unknown, located at the intersection of NC 43 North and Bailey Lane).

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NightHawk1 commented about Joy Adult Theatre on Oct 7, 2014 at 11:55 pm

This location opened rather late for a Trans-Lux Inflight Cine'; five years after the other North Carolina Inflight Cine’s had opened and a year after they closed their first NC theater (Kinston). The Trans-Lux Kannapolis opened about the same time as Stewart & Everett was reopening the theater (renamed Plaza Cinema) Trans-Lux had closed the previous year. I would be surprised if Trans-Lux used 16mm projection in the Kannapolis theater if it opened in 1975; 16mm flopped miserably elsewhere in 1970 (why watch 16mm projection when there was a real cinema downtown, the Gem?). Trans-Lux was out of North Carolina by 1976; all of the former Inflight Cine’s in the Piedmont (Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Kannapolis, Charlotte) were turned into pornhouses.