Manor Twin Theater
609 Providence Road,
Charlotte,
NC
28207
609 Providence Road,
Charlotte,
NC
28207
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An old classic looking theater, the Manor Theater opened in 1947. Usually plays movies from festivals and sometimes new releases.
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Anthony Huneycutt
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The grosses at this theater have been in a major decline all year.
It looks like the Manor was twinned in 1984 according to the movie listings in the local paper from that era.
The Manor was a great place to work in the mid-80s, as Charlotte’s only resource for art-house & foreign films. Mgmt. at The Manor around that time also had the pleasure of preparing co-op ads for submission to The Charlotte Observer. Boy, those were the days!
Having spent many nights working late at The Manor, I remember times when I felt a cold rush in the upstairs hallway. Once or twice after hours, I thought I saw a woman descending the staircase as I emerged from the office, but was never sure. Female employees spoke of ominous sounds in the area of the ladies powder room.
Several times I encountered “someone” in the projection booth; usually a sound of someone working or a figure in my peripheral vision, but I always dismissed it as my imagination.
It’s nice to know more about the history prior to my time there.
I am a Charlotte NC native, and have seen many great films “back in the day” at the Manor. In my opinion the theater has suffered from the sale to Regal Theaters. I have a hard time finding titles I want to see there these days. Several years ago I saw a re-release of “Touch of Evil” – the last great film noir there, and I really enjoyed it even though the film broke about 4 times! If the folks at Regal want to make good money at this theater they need to let us have our Art-House venue back ! In all my years of patronage I never saw the ghost. If the Manor gets torn down – it’s Regal’s fault!
Full disclosure … i currently work at the Manor. I have been working there since 2005 and love it. Yes the Theater has suffered a bit from the Sale to Regal because of the Film Selection that Regal brings in, but lets be honest … the Manor still brings a lot of GREAT films to Charlotte and does show plenty, plenty, plenty of amazing Foreign and Independent Films. Yes the occasional JUNO etc gets in there … but this still is very much an Arthouse Theatre (especially for Charlotte) Let’s face it, if the Manor gets torn down it will be because of Eastern Federal not Regal … It will close because they sold it to Regal in the first place … and bigger than that … they own the land and building and will not renew the lease so they can tear down the building and build a better one. Bottom line … you want the Manor to stay open? As an Art House theater? Then you need to support Regal! I can think of dozens upon dozens of GREAT Arthouse films that show at the theater and people do not come cause they want to stick it to Regal. Well you do that and you lose your Arthouse Theater!
Thanks jmorong,Best of luck.I live in Augusta,but The Manor is a theatre Charlotte can not let go the way of your other great Theatres.Had a friend Manage theatres in Charlotte in the 70’s I remember seeing the Theatre alot,but we never went in,he was with Plitt.
On the Marquee in 1974 “HARRY and TONTO”.
Great inside stuff from jmorong. With Charlotte area pretty much limited to Adam Sandler and other Jackass fare, I was delighted to find that the Regal Manor Twin was showing good stuff. (I gorged after long starvation on “Good Night and Good Luck,” then went next door (within the Twin) to “Capote.” If not obscure or arty enough for critics, it was (is) the only place in town to find quality films. Where else in this area could you see “Tree of Life” (recent example). Sorry to hear about Ballantyne Village sale, wondered about it b/c they were a cut above others and had nice theater features. Our Town Cinema in Davidson is a big disappointment in this regard (film selection) though they had made some efforts showing classics, which we all say we would love to see again but then don’t go when theater runs them.
When I lived in Charlotte from 1957-1975, the Manor was one of my favorite theaters. I saw many great films there. Once, my family went to see Dr. Strangelove, and we loved it – since it provided some much appreciated relief from the Cold War. Another film that I appreciated was On the Beach with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire – a film that focused on the tragedy of the Cold War and the terror of nuclear weapons. Those two films I experienced at the Manor shaped my attitude to war and nuclear weapons – both institutions that the world can certainly do without. The Manor was nestled into the heart of Myers Park near the sumptuous homes on Cherokee, a situation that permitted its movies to influence legions of impressionable minds.
It run of GREASE in 1978 broke all Charlotte movie attendance records when it played at the Manor. In 1978,the Manor was a 700 seat single screener. It’s run of GREASE broke the previous attendance record for a movie musical that was set years earlier by THE SOUND OF MUSIC.