The Osais Theatre closed as a first-run house on December 29, 2023 with “Wonka”. However, there are plans by the town to purchase the theater and reopen it as a classic movie house by 2026.
The original Napier Theatre opened on September 19, 1919 with Raymond Hatton in “The Whispering Chorus” (unknown if extras added), and was destroyed by a fire on December 5, 1951.
Opened on January 2, 1947. According to some user whose grandfather was the first owner of the Van-Isle, he believes that it opened with Dennis Morgan in “The Time, The Place and The Girl”, but that remains unconfirmed at this time.
It was closed as a movie theater in 1985 after being purchased by Campbell River who reopened the Van-Isle as the Tidemark Theatre in October 1987.
The Terrace Theatre opened in 1942 with 16mm projection, but was upgraded to 35mm projection in 1948. It was renamed the Tillicum Theatre in 1950 and the theater building was rebuilt in 1954.
The Bayou Drive-In opened during the late-1950s, as a 1955 aerial view shows a house on its site. It operated for around a decade but I cannot confirm its closing date. The traces were gone during the early-1980s but the screen was still standing into the late-1980s.
Built in 1949 by Hec Labrie on the site of a house and millinery shop owned by Mr. & Mrs. Land Headley.
The Osais Theatre closed as a first-run house on December 29, 2023 with “Wonka”. However, there are plans by the town to purchase the theater and reopen it as a classic movie house by 2026.
Opened on December 21, 1953.
Opened in the mid-1950s.
The original Napier Theatre opened on September 19, 1919 with Raymond Hatton in “The Whispering Chorus” (unknown if extras added), and was destroyed by a fire on December 5, 1951.
Opened on November 29, 1968 by owner Neil Whitehorne, housed 240 seats.
Opened with George Murphy in “Broadway Rhythm” along with a newsreel.
Opened on January 2, 1947. According to some user whose grandfather was the first owner of the Van-Isle, he believes that it opened with Dennis Morgan in “The Time, The Place and The Girl”, but that remains unconfirmed at this time.
It was closed as a movie theater in 1985 after being purchased by Campbell River who reopened the Van-Isle as the Tidemark Theatre in October 1987.
Renamed Royal Theatre in 1977.
Opened on May 16, 1936 with Bette Davis in “Dangerous” (unknown if extras added).
The Terrace Theatre opened in 1942 with 16mm projection, but was upgraded to 35mm projection in 1948. It was renamed the Tillicum Theatre in 1950 and the theater building was rebuilt in 1954.
Damaged by a fire in 2004.
Opened on November 10, 1956.
Opened on September 23, 1963. It originally housed 16mm projection but later converted to 35mm projection in June 1965.
Opened in 1974, and this is a first-run house, not second-run.
Opened in 1946.
Opened on July 23, 1949 and closed as a movie theater in 1974.
Current functions are first-run films and live performances.
Current function is first-run.
The concession stand continued to survive until the latter half of the 1990s.
Its concession stand continued to survive until the mid-1980s.
Still open in 1987, but was gone by 1993.
The Bayou Drive-In opened during the late-1950s, as a 1955 aerial view shows a house on its site. It operated for around a decade but I cannot confirm its closing date. The traces were gone during the early-1980s but the screen was still standing into the late-1980s.
Still operating in the mid-1980s, but was gone during the early-1990s. The screen was demolished in the mid-1990s.
Right after closure, the entire theater stood into as late as 1982, but was gone by 1985.