Carolina Theatre
310 S. Greene Street,
Greensboro,
NC
27401
310 S. Greene Street,
Greensboro,
NC
27401
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Chuck: Thanks. I was at the Carolina years back, but wasn’t able to see that interior.
Patsy, the answer is yes, that is interior view of the Carolina Theatre.
Are the interior photos on the theatreorgans site of the Carolina/Greensboro?
This opened on October 31st, 1927. I posted the grand opening ad in the photo section for this theatre.
Here is an ATOS link to the organ page…you can follow the links to hear the organ and see the plans and interior pics of the Carolina.
http://theatreorgans.com/piedmont/robert_morton.htm
A former longtime CT member posted here in 2005 about the Robert-Morton organ and it raised my curiosity…until now. I hope to visit the Carolina Theatre and see a performance with organ music. A recent visit to Greensboro this past Sunday allowed me to take some exterior photos prior to the US Figure Skating Championships finale.
Brian: Thank you so much for your reply to me via CT. Now everyone knows about your organ. We, at Cinema Treasures are so very pleased to know that you have your theatre pipe organ as so many theatre have lost their pipe organs for various reasons. And a special thank you to the Piedmont Theatre Organ Society for maintaining a musical treasure.
Patsy, in regards to the Robert-Morton Organ, I received a reply to an email I sent to the Carolina Theatre from Brian Gray.
Yes, it’s still here! We use it before many of our classic films, and around Halloween for a “Phantom” type movie. It is maintained by the Piedmont Theatre Organ Society. B
Brian Gray
Carolina Theatre, Greensboro, NC
336-333-2600 x3
Does this theatre still have its organ? I hope so!
I have called this theatre’s box office manager and hope to receive a tour this winter. This theatre is just around the corner from the famous Woolworth sit-in of the 60’s which is another stop while in Greensboro.
2010 photo of the Carolina Theatre.
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20089 photo of the Carolina Theatre courtesy Onasill.
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19871 photo of the Carolina Theatre. Presumably closed at the time of the photo.
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This is a nice photo of the Carolina.
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Here is a close-up view and this is an interior photo.
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Photos and a history of the organ are all shown here.
This is another recent photo of the Carolina Theater.
A 2007 photo can be seen here.
Here is another photo of the Carolina Theater.
I remember the segregated Carolina theatre and also the National, and also the Center theatres.
In the Carolina theatre, the segregated balcony had a seperate entrance and I am sure the other theatres also had seperate entrance, because I never saw Africian Americans anywhere around the theatres. Thank God things have changed.
My mother moved from California to a still very segregated Greensboro in the 1950s and has told me about the shocking bus and drinking fountain policies. I agree wholeheartedly with euphrades:
It is essential to mention the segregated balcony that now houses technical equipment. I also find it extremely relevant that the decline of the cinema coincides with the beginning of the new shopping centres springing up at the edges of the (still) very white suburbs that had their own movie theatres. This development runs curiously parallel with the end of segregation that coincidentally started right around the corner of the Carolina Theatre with a sit-in at the Woolworth’s in Elm Street in 1960.
I recently attended a movie at the Carolina and it was a fairly good experience. The sound was good and the screen is big but unfortunatley it wasn’t pulled tight on its strecher and it made for a distractingly wavy picture. A common problem in this and many historic theaters today is the house lights are way too bright. It takes away some of the mystery and allure of the decor. The theater looked its most exotic when the lights were dimmed for the movie.
This is a 2006 photo of the Carolina Theater in Greensboro.
A Robert-Morton organ Size 2/6 was installed in the Carolina Theater in 1927.