Parkway Theatre
1183 Silas Creek Parkway,
Winston-Salem,
NC
27127
1183 Silas Creek Parkway,
Winston-Salem,
NC
27127
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The Parkway Theatre was Winston-Salem’s first ever suburban cinema. Located in the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center at the intersection of Peters Creek Parkway and Silas Creek Parkway. It was also North Carolina’s first ever ‘Lounging Chair Theatre’ with a seating capacity of 700, with giant widescreen projection and full stereophonic sound. The opening attraction for the Parkway Theatre was the Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron feature “A Very Special Favor” on September 1, 1965.
Throughout the years, the Parkway Theatre was the place to see a great movie in Winston-Salem and it remained that way throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s. A lot of great blockbusters played at this theatre when it was still a single screen movie house. By the mid-1980’s, it became a discount movie house when the cinema was twinned, and it was closed in the mid-1990’s.
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J Reid, raysson
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Open mid-1960’s –~1985? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
Split into 2 cinemas in the early 1980’s.
Owners:
1975-1980 Schneider-Meri
1980-1982 Martin Theaters of Columbus, Georgia, Roy E. Martin Jr., Chairman of the Board, they had 159 theaters all over the country.
1982-1985 Carmike Cinemas
More info and photos are always welcome.
I remember seeing “Rosemary’s Baby” (among many others) at the Parkway. It was a first-run alternative to the Carolina and the Winston when it opened. A good guess when it opened is 1965. I never saw anything there after it was split.
To Ret. AKC(NAC)CC Bob Jensen: I have done extensive research on this theatre and this information on the Parkway has been updated as of 3/20/2012.
The Parkway Theatre upon it’s opening was Winston-Salem’s first ever suburban theatre,and it was a first-run alternative to the Downtown moviehouses when it opened on September 1,1965. I have the original ads for its grand opening. The opening attraction on September 1,1965 was a Rock Hudson flick starring Leslie Caron “A Very Special Favor”. It was owned and operated until Schneider-Merl Theatres.
Owners:
Schneider-Merl Corporation: 1965-1976
Martin Theatres: 1976-1985
Carmike Cinemas: 1985-1994
Not only ROSEMARY’S BABY played here but also THE FRENCH CONNECTION and ROCKY among many others that played at the Parkway Theatre when it was still a single screen cinema during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
The coming attractions for the PARKWAY THEATRE: From it’s grand opening on September 1, 1965
COMING SOON:
Yul Brenner and Marlon Brando in “MORITURI”
Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard “VON RYAN’S EXPRESS”
Natalie Wood in “INSIDE DAISY CLOVER”
Burt Lancaster in “THE HALLEJULAH TRAIL”
Dick Van Dyke in “THE ART OF LOVE”
COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR THE PARKWAY THEATRE was from the August 31,1965-September 1, 1965 edition of the Winston-Salem Journal,Winston-Salem,North Carolina.
CORRECTION ON THE ADDRESS:
The address for the Parkway Theatre needs to be:
1183 Silas Creek Parkway,Winston-Salem,NC 27127.
NOT: 1130 which needs to be corrected.
Described in this 1966 trade article: Boxoffice