114 N. Third, Wilmington, North Carolina
| Dates of Operation | 1934* - unknown |
| Performance Types | movies |
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| Description | The Opera House was home to the first film screening in Wilmington—possibly the first in North Carolina. Before the opening of the city’s first movie theater in 1906, the Opera House served as Wilmington’s principal moviegoing venue, exhibiting films occasionally as part of its regular entertainment offerings. |
| Notes | Thalian Hall is also known as the Opera House and the Academy of Music. On the basis of the Reaves clippings, Thalian Hall showed movies in 1934 and 1935 |
| Building Notes | Street number is an approximation; located on the corner of 3rd and Princess behind city hall, police headquarters, and public library; balcony (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Wilmington, N.C., 1915, p. 13); prior to 1915, Academy of Music was opera house, but no indication of showing movies (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Wilmington, N.C., 1910, p. 7) |
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