Center Theatre
313 East Chapel Hill Street,
Durham,
NC
27702
313 East Chapel Hill Street,
Durham,
NC
27702
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Located in downtown Durham on East Chapel Hill Street,the theatre was operational from 1939 until 1965. The theatre relocated in 1965 to the suburbs of Durham at Lakewood Shopping Center where it moved to in early-1966. The Center Theatre showcased first-run features and was also a single screen theatre.
The Center Theatre was demolished in early-1967, to make way for Mutual Savings and Loan Association building.
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Here’s a 1939 trade article about the opening of the Center Theatre. Was it literally moved in later years, or was just the name attached to other theatres? boxofficemagazine
The Eastern North Carolina Premiere of “MY FAIR LADY” was a Reserved Seat Engagement that opened at Durham’s Center Theatre on January 14,1966. At the time this movie opened,it was one of two theatres in the state of North Carolina that played it(the other at Charlotte’s Capri Theatre,that opened on January 28,1965)…….other theatres within the state would not get the film until June of 1966 or August of 1966,even though it was originally released in 1964.
From the April 29, 1939 BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE:
“A pipe organ with thirteen sets of pipes is a special presentation feature at the new Center. The instrument is spotted from overhead during performances and crosslighted when house illumination is on from special spots located above the exit sights.”
Anyone know anything about the organ or what happened to it?