Iconic movie palace in High River put up for sale after nearly a century’s worth of movies [Video]

A southern Alberta cinema that made the transition from screening silent movies to the talkies early in the 20th century is for sale in the 21st for the price of a Toronto fixer-upper.

The list price for the Wales Theatre in downtown High River, Alta., is $1,086,750. Built in 1927, it still shows movies seven days a week — this week featuring Blink Twice, starring Channing Tatum, about a tech billionaire who owns a private island and likes to party until things go off the rails for his guests.

Before it was the Wales, the theatre was the Highwood, boasting of a balcony that allowed customers to watch silent movies in the early days of the moving picture industry.

“It wasn’t until 1929 that it received the talking picture equipment,” said Joshua Torrence, Century 21 Foothills associate broker. “Len Cooke, the fellow who installed the equipment in 1929, ended up staying on as the …