Imperial Theatre

32 Patton Avenue,
Asheville, NC 28801

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Imperial Theatre

The Imperial Theatre was one of Asheville’s leading first run theatres. It opened January 2, 1922. It closed on May 21, 1976. A vacant lot is all that’s left.

Contributed by Mark Huffstetler

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raysson
raysson on September 21, 2012 at 10:48 am

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”

raysson
raysson on September 21, 2012 at 11:05 am

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

raysson
raysson on September 21, 2012 at 11:22 am

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

raysson
raysson on September 21, 2012 at 11:43 am

Friday June 6, 1975….NOW at the Imperial First-Run! “MANDINGO” with James Mason,Susan George & Perry King and introducing Ken Norton as Mede!!

raysson
raysson on December 10, 2012 at 1:38 pm

David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA played here as the exclusive Asheville showing on October 3, 1963.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on October 7, 2013 at 6:32 pm

AT least AUGUSTA was smart enough to save three downtown theatres….OUR IMPERIAL lives with shows….

rivest266
rivest266 on August 21, 2016 at 4:19 am

January 1st, 1922 grand opening ad in photo section. It opened on the next day.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on July 3, 2018 at 2:52 pm

“Thunder Road” premiere 1958, image added via Steve Wilson.

Fotomac
Fotomac on January 3, 2021 at 3:29 am

The screen was supplied by Raven Screen Company of New York. That said, how big was it?

Lumenick
Lumenick on February 14, 2022 at 3:38 pm

Closed 5/21/76, as reported by the Asheville Citizen-Times.

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