Towne Theater
2300 N. Main Street,
High Point,
NC
27265
2300 N. Main Street,
High Point,
NC
27265
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HISTORY:
Schneider-Merl: 1968-1975
Martin Theatres: 1975-1984,was twinned in 1976
Carmike Cinemas: 1984-closing
kencmcintyre: The Towne Theatre ran adult films? I did my extensive research on this theatre,and to my knowledge it must have been running soft-porn films as late show entries long before Martin Theatres took over in the mid-1970’s. I’m from Durham,and I know one theatre in my area,the Yorktowne showed in its entirely the explicit “XXX” rated version of “Caligula”.
The Towne Theatre opened in the mid-1960’s as High Point’s first ever suburban theatre with a seating capacity of 760 seats. A lot of blockbuster movies played at the Towne Theatre including it’s original engagement March 22,1972 showing of THE GODFATHER.
A February 1976 article in the High Point Enterprise stated that in the early and mid 1970s the Towne ran heavily edited versions of adult films such as “Deep Throat” and “Devil in Miss Jones”.
According to Bowers' “Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments” page 551, there was a “American” theatre in High Point equipped with a Reproduco organ made by the Operators Piano Co. I could not find a page for the American, so I am putting this here for the time being.
This was part of the Schneider-Merl chain in the early eighties.