Imperial Theatre
32 Patton Avenue,
Asheville,
NC
28801
32 Patton Avenue,
Asheville,
NC
28801
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The Imperial Theatre was one of Asheville’s leading first run theatres. It opened January 2, 1922. It closed in the late-1970’s. A vacant lot is all that’s left.
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From the Asheville Citizen ad from December 25,1974:
NOW PLAYING: “Is Just As Exciting And Far More Ambitious Than The First "Godfather”
FRANCIS FORD COPPULA’S “THE GODFATHER:PART II”
Exclusive First-Run Asheville Showing!!! No Passes!!!
With Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and Robert De Niro
February 7,1975….. The Movie That Ended The Godfather Part II run….. “W.W. AND THE DIXIE DANCEKINGS”-First Run Showing!!! With Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Connie Van Dyke Rated “PG”
February 28,1975….NOW at the Imperial Theatre…. The movie that replaced the “DIXIE DANCEKINGS” after more than three weeks is “FLESH GORDON”[Rated X-No One Under 18 Admitted]
“DIXIE DANCEKINGS” moved to the Starlite Drive-In at Tunnel Road…
March 7, 1975…NOW at the Imperial Theatre…. First-Run Showing with Sean Connery in THE TERRORISTS
Friday April 18,1975….NOW SHOWING!!! First Run!!! The movie that has the lines around the block…No wonder this was 1974’s funniest movie…YOU BET IT IS! “MEL BROOKS' BLAZING SADDLES” Rated R
Friday June 6, 1975….NOW at the Imperial First-Run! “MANDINGO” with James Mason,Susan George & Perry King and introducing Ken Norton as Mede!!
David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA played here as the exclusive Asheville showing on October 3, 1963.
AT least AUGUSTA was smart enough to save three downtown theatres….OUR IMPERIAL lives with shows….
January 1st, 1922 grand opening ad in photo section. It opened on the next day.
“Thunder Road” premiere 1958, image added via Steve Wilson.
The screen was supplied by Raven Screen Company of New York. That said, how big was it?