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 with seating for 700. Usually plays movies from festivals and sometimes new releases.
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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.
The info at the top list the theater as having 700 seats. This is incorrect. The theater has two houses each with 186 seats. So the correct seat count for this theater is 372 seats.
Jay, the 700 seat count I am sure was from when the theatre first opened.
Jay Morong and Chuck1231: When the MANOR THEATRE opened in 1947,it was a single screen theatre with a seating capacity of 700. When this theatre was a single screener it was the showcase for a round of reserved seat engagement presentations among them North Carolina premieres like “Around The World in 80 Days”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Sand Pebbles”, “Funny Girl”,“The Agony and the Ecstasy” among others. It was also got the exclusive engagement showings like “The Sting” too. It was still a single screener by 1978 when it’s run of “Grease” broke all Charlotte attendance records. It wasn’t until 1979 when this theatre was split into two sections becoming the MANOR TWIN THEATRES. When it became a twin cinema in 1979 both auditoriums had a seating capacity of 186 when brings the correct seating count to 372 seats in both auditoriums.
I have the original ads to the movies that played at the MANOR that were reserved seat engagements in North Carolina. If you need to see them e-mail at ….all of these are newspaper ad scans from the Charlotte Observer and other media sources.
THE RESERVED SEAT ENGAGEMENTS THAT PLAYED AT THE MANOR:
“Around the World In 80 Days”
“Sleeping Beauty”
“Exodus”
“The Sand Pebbles”
“Funny Girl”
“The Agony and the Ecstasy”
“Tora! Tora! Tora!”
THE EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT SHOWINGS AT THE MANOR THEATRE
“The Sting”
“Grease”