Tryon Mall 4
4500 North Tryon Street,
Charlotte,
NC
28213
4500 North Tryon Street,
Charlotte,
NC
28213
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Tryon Mall was the sister theater to the Queens Park 6. Although she has been closed only three years more than the Queens, the Tryon sat in a white wash of decay.
This theatre was located in the back of the Tyron Mall Shopping Center at the intersection of Tyron Street & Sugar Creek Road. The Tyron Mall Theatre was Charlotte’s second Ultravision theatre (after the Park Terrace Theatre), and the last single screen theatre to be built in Charlotte. The Tyron Mall Theatre upon it’s opening was an ultra-modern showplace of charm and beauty, with its luxurious seating, full stereophonic sound and spectacular Ultravision screening. This cinema was beautifully designed both inside and out under the ABC Southestern Theatres banner.
The Tyron Mall Theatre’s premiere attraction was Paul Newman and Lee Marvin in “Pocket Money” on March 24, 1972. By Christmas of 1974, a second auditorium was added to the original building making it a twin. The Tyron Mall II’s premiere attraction was on December 25, 1974 with James Caan in “Freebie and the Bean”. By 1980, the original auditorium was split down the middle to add a third screen, and by 1984, the second auditorium was also split down the middle, making it a four screen multiplex with shoebox auditoriums and smaller screens. By the early-1990’s it was converted into a discount movie house showing second run films until closing in 1996.
Becoming derelict, the marquee was falling and bricks had been busted out of the side and the whole building has been painted ghastly white. At the time I went looking for this theater I found the front sidewalk to be temporary storage for the transmission shop located 20 feet in front.
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UAGirl, Raysson
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Oh,they forgot to send a reel back when they tore down “JAWS II” and John kept it for months finally giving it to me,I passed it on to the projectionist at the IMPERIAL in Augusta,don’t know what Bill did with it.
Shook Charlton Heston’s hand in the lobby of this theatre as he toured with his forgettable film “The Mountain Men” (1980) – but what a gentleman (and handsome too)! Saw “Jaws” here – blew me away, there had never been a film like that before! (well, at least not for me) Also met David Carradine at the Tryon Mall Theatre but can’t remember the name of the film…must have really been a forgettable one…
I have always wanted to see “MOUNTAIN MEN” is it that bad.
Yep – pretty bad – I remember Charlton (well, his character) rolling down a mountain fighting somebody and that’s about it. By the way, back up there at raysson’s comment on June 18 – Jaws never played at the Capri (Jaws II might have).
I was there for the opening of the Tryon Mall that Mark in NC references Feb. 7, 2010 – it was exciting to go to a new theatre and go back to school and tell everyone about it. But that’s another movie I remember little about.
Here are my pictures from December 2010.
Tryon Mall Twin was a nice place when ABC and Plitt had it.
“JAWS II” played here,any old Plitt Employee,go to Remembering Plitt Theatres on Facebook, it is there for you.
Mike,
Both JAWS and JAWS II played here at the Tryon Mall first-run when this theatre was under ABC Southeastern Theatres and later Plitt Southern Theatres.
On The Marquee of the Tryon Mall I & II on December 25,1974.
I- “EARTHQUAKE!”– In Sensurround!!! Rated PG
II- “FREEBIE AND THE BEAN”-James Caan Rated R