Valley Theatres I & II
4325 Glenwood Avenue,
Crabtree Valley Mall Shopping Center,
Raleigh,
NC
27612
4325 Glenwood Avenue,
Crabtree Valley Mall Shopping Center,
Raleigh,
NC
27612
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Located in the strip mall section of Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. The Valley Twin operated as a twin cimema that played first-run features and family films. The theatre made its premiere after the opening of Crabtree Valley Mall, which opened its doors in 1972 as the Triangle’s largest indoor shopping center.
The Valley Twin Theatres also had premieres of first-run exclusives(the theatre also was fortunate to get the 70mm print of Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple” when the film made its official Triangle premiere in 1985).
During the late-1980’s the theatre was falling on hard times due to the construction and the extension of Crabtree Valley Mall. The Valley Twin Theatre’s final picture show came in the mid-1990’s closing its doors forever.
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Raysson love seeing those coming features coming to the VAllEY anytime you find them please list them. I played OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT at my theatre as an R rated flick. But it was re-released with a PG rating I am 99% sure,never could see what they cut unless it was the F word. Barbra had a dirty mouth in that comedy. And wasn’t George Segal a big 70’s star,now only to be seen on TV. Strange.
THE COMING ATTRACTIONS TO THE VALLEY THEATRES 1 & 2: When it opened on February 10, 1971..
**The Exclusive Roadshow Enagements OF First Raleigh Showings:
“PATTON-George C. Scott and Karl Malden
"LITTLE BIG MAN”-Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway
COMING SOON:
“LITTLE MURDERS”-Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, and Donald Sutherland
“MAS*H”-The big runaway hit of 1970
“HAROLD AND MAUDE"
"THE PRINCESS AND THE MAGIC HARP”-Children’s Matinee Special Presentation
“FIVE EASY PIECES”-Jack Nicholson
“THE FRENCH CONNECTION”-Gene Hackman
“CARNAL KNOWLEDGE”-Jack Nicholson,Candice Bergen,and Art Garfunkel
**A Double Feature!!!! Two Incredible Movies Together For The First Time (Special Admission)
Re-release of BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES and THE PLANET OF THE APES
“ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES”-Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter
“BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS”-Special Late Night Presentation-Adults Only Feature!
“Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” a Russ Myer movie that actually played in first run movie theatres and not some slut X-rated theatre.I think it was released by Fox. I had forgotten all about “Little Murderers” I think i have that one-sheet.
Oh thanks for putting these movies on Valley 1 and 2 theatres.
ABOUT CRABTREE VALLEY MALL IN RALEIGH……
The Convenience Center opened in 1971 with the opening of several stores…The first was anchored by a Big Star/Colonial Stores Grocer
and the specialty stores were added including a Singer Sewing Store,
Pier One Imports, Catherine’s Womens Store,a branch United States Post Office,Crabtree Valley Barber Shop and Salon,and a Hardees Restaurant. The Valley Theatres was on the opposite end of the Plaza
facing Blue Ridge Road and right next to a Good Year Tire and Auto Center that was across the street from the convenience center.
The shopping mall itself,CRABTREE VALLEY MALL,didn’t officially opened to the public until August 8, 1972. It was the Triangle area’s first-ever megaplex shopping center and the largest shopping mall in the state and in the all of Eastern North Carolina. CRABTREE
was Raleigh’s second indoor shopping center after the huge success of North Hills which opened in 1966.
The mall was anchored by three major department stores:
HUDSON BELK-which was the largest Belk’s in the Carolinas
THALHIMERS
SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY
The supporting stores were:
MILLER AND RHOADES
G.C. MURPHY COMPANY
and more than 200 stores and services.
Thanks raysson.
I didn’t realize there were 70MM prints of THE COLOR PURPLE.
THE COLOR PURPLE was one of three theatres in North Carolina that was given the exclusive engagement showing of the film when it opened on December 20,1985 at the Valley Theatres I & II.
Other cities in North Carolina that got the exclusive engagement showings of THE COLOR PURPLE were:
-Greensboro (Janus)
-Charlotte (Park Terrace)
Thanks raysson.
THEATRE HISTORY:
1971-1976 Merl-Schneider Theatres
1976-1984 Martin Theatres
1984-1990 Carmike Cinemas