Imperial Dinner Theatre

302 N. Marr Street,
Pocahontas, AR 72455

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lostmemory
lostmemory on May 27, 2009 at 7:10 pm

The Imperial Theater is listed in 1955 with 600 seats.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 11, 2009 at 9:03 pm

1985 photo of the Imperial Theatre.
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lostmemory
lostmemory on February 7, 2007 at 4:10 pm

No kidding. If I can find an address or some other info for the Skylark Drive-In, I’ll add it. I also found a Cinema City Twin Cinema, 5259 Highway 67 S, Pocahontas, AR 72455.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 7, 2007 at 11:34 am

No, the Imperial is the only theater listed in Pocahontas, AR. I try not to add too many drive-ins as management prefers an emphasis on indoor theaters.

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 7, 2007 at 9:33 am

The spelling is exactly what I was referring to. Also, I don’t think the Skylark Drive-In is listed on CT.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 7, 2007 at 9:14 am

I think you’re pointing out the misspelling at the top of the page. I concur.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 7, 2007 at 9:13 am

I figured the town, just not the name of the theater. You may have answered the question.

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 7, 2007 at 5:03 am

Shouldn’t the name of the town be Pocahontas? The drive-in theater mentioned in that story might have been the Skylark Drive-In in Pocahontas, AR.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 6, 2007 at 5:40 pm

I’m not going to figure out which theater this was, but it’s a funny little story from May 1961:

POCAHONTAS. Ark. (AP)â€"“It was black and it was coming at me, so I jumped in that pickup truck and took off.” Ed Tyler, an employee of a drive-in theater here, literally took off Sunday. A windstormâ€"or tornado, as he called it, picked up the truck and spun it around several times before setting it down. “I was hanging onto the steering wheel with my feet out the door”, Tyler said "I thought I was a goner”. He wasn’t hurt. The storm damaged the theater but apparently hit nothing else.