Park Theatre
150 Island Highway E,
Parksville,
BC
V9P
150 Island Highway E,
Parksville,
BC
V9P
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The single-screen Park Theatre opened October 30, 1952 on the Island Highway in downtown Parksville, with seating for 350. The opening movies was Humphrey Bogart in “The African Queen”.
Due to deterioration of the theatre building and competition from theatres in the north Nanaimo area, the Park Theatre closed in March 1992 with Rick Moranis in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” & a late night performance of Tim Curry in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
It was demolished in May 1993 to make room for parking space for a nearby drugstore.
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This notice in the “Openings” column of the November 29, 1952, issue of Boxoffice was mistakenly dateline Parkville, B. C.:
This item appeared in the April 5, 1952 issue of Boxoffice: “Parksville on Vancouver island will have a 300-seat quonset-type of theater which will open this summer. The house will be financed by the citizens and will be air conditioned. Parksville, which is midway between Nanaimo and Port Alberni, formerly was serviced by a 16mm outfit.”
Like many quonset-style theaters, the Park featured a plain, boxy front, as seen in this photo post on the Parksville Museum’s Facebook page. Over 100 comments on the post indicate that the house is fondly remembered by Parksvillians (Parksvillagers?) At least two comments note that the first movie shown was “The African Queen” and one commenter says that the last movie run was “Honey I Shrunk the Kids,” though another says that it was “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” It’s possible that the latter was a midnight show following the final evening performance of the former.