StanMalone the projectors in the photo are Simplex XL projectors. You can tell by the black color and the light switch on the projector head door. Loews probably did the same thing here that they did in East Brunswick NJ after twinning. They removed the Century projectors which were 35/70 and replaced them with 35 year old Simplexes.
robboehm, I can recall several Jerry Lewis cinemas in NY and NJ including the one both my father and I worked at, the twin in Carteret NJ. There was also one in Wayne and Hillsboro NJ, as well as the one in Staten Island, the one in Queens and a twin in Massapequa NY. They just over expanded way to fast. Plus they had people in the industry running theatres who knew nothing about theatres.
Decoman36, my dad was projectionist at the Jerry Lewis Twin in Carteret NJ. Our Cinema 1 (left) was Blue and our Cinema 2 ( right) was Red. And the Concession stand was in the middle so no one could cross over. And the lobby was in the same color scheme with a huge photo of movie stars on each wall.
Antoine Doinel, when Hateful Eight first came out the 70MM was put in by BL & S for Weinstein Pictures. After the run the equipment was sold to Warner Bros. Im guessing AMC wanted it in the big house. In 2018 when I went to work there for a company who installed temporary 70MM in house 2 we ran Murder on the Orient Express for one month. After that I believe Warner Bros wanted their equipment returned to house 2. We then ran Phantom Thread there in 70MM for 13 weeks. As far as I know the equipment is still in house 2 and will not be moved in the future.
moviebuff82, I don’t know how long Apes played there, but I can tell you that from 1972 thru 1974, only 3 movies played here each for 6 months. The Posiedon Adventure, American Graffiti and The Sting.
Upcoming 35MM movies all at 8 pm, include organ played and short subject and free popcorn: March 27, Caddyshack. April 11, Wizard of Oz. May 1, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. June 12, Spaceballs. July 17, Jaws.
LuisV, I hope it survives the bankruptcy. However I can understand why its always sold out. It don’t take much to sell out 43 to 143 seats. We go to a new Cinemark here in NJ and even on a slow Tuesday afternoon at 3 pm there could be 30 or more people in a show.
Don’t forget next Friday the 28th at 8 pm is our next movie Jurassic Park. I inspected the film print today. It is in really good shape. I give it an 8.5 out of 10.
Cinecommcentre there is still all the 35mm stuff there. I haven’t looked in that cabinet in 5 years which is the last time we ran 35mm. Im not sure about books. As I said I haven’t been into the cabinet in years. No need to now that the use the Digital projector exclusively.
The entire complex is called Count Basie Center for the Arts. The original main auditorium is referred to as Hackensack Medical Center Theatre. More people know it as Count Basie theater than HMCT.
walterk, my father who was a longtime projectionist in the area mentioned Snapper many times when I was a young boy. He basically ran theatres into the ground. He ran the Royal into the ground eventually selling it to Fernando Bravo who also took over the Fords Cinema. Snapper also ran the State in Woodbridge and the Forum in Metuchen. When S & S theatres saw the condition of the State and Forum (they owned the buildings), they immediately closed the State and moved all the projection and sound equipment to the Forum and remodeled it. They sold the Forum in 1983. My father did not have any kind words about Snapper.
Ive read thru the comments. Maybe I missed it, but what was the cause of the fire that burned the building?
Oh my goodness, what they have done to that beautiful theatre. Never gonna see movies played there again.
It actually closed in late may 2005. I was scheduled to work the day the floor collapse happened.
Thanks
I missed it. Dammit
Only typo in the ad is we didn’t have 70MM at that time. We didn’t have 70MM installed until April of 1978.
look at those showtimes. Those were long days
StanMalone the projectors in the photo are Simplex XL projectors. You can tell by the black color and the light switch on the projector head door. Loews probably did the same thing here that they did in East Brunswick NJ after twinning. They removed the Century projectors which were 35/70 and replaced them with 35 year old Simplexes.
I am long time friend of the first manager who opened this place back in 1995.
robboehm, I can recall several Jerry Lewis cinemas in NY and NJ including the one both my father and I worked at, the twin in Carteret NJ. There was also one in Wayne and Hillsboro NJ, as well as the one in Staten Island, the one in Queens and a twin in Massapequa NY. They just over expanded way to fast. Plus they had people in the industry running theatres who knew nothing about theatres.
Decoman36, my dad was projectionist at the Jerry Lewis Twin in Carteret NJ. Our Cinema 1 (left) was Blue and our Cinema 2 ( right) was Red. And the Concession stand was in the middle so no one could cross over. And the lobby was in the same color scheme with a huge photo of movie stars on each wall.
Probably the largest Jerry Lewis Cinema at over 1100 seats. Most, if not all were between 300 and 350 seats.
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood on May 1 is cancelled. No make up date announced.
Antoine Doinel, when Hateful Eight first came out the 70MM was put in by BL & S for Weinstein Pictures. After the run the equipment was sold to Warner Bros. Im guessing AMC wanted it in the big house. In 2018 when I went to work there for a company who installed temporary 70MM in house 2 we ran Murder on the Orient Express for one month. After that I believe Warner Bros wanted their equipment returned to house 2. We then ran Phantom Thread there in 70MM for 13 weeks. As far as I know the equipment is still in house 2 and will not be moved in the future.
moviebuff82, I don’t know how long Apes played there, but I can tell you that from 1972 thru 1974, only 3 movies played here each for 6 months. The Posiedon Adventure, American Graffiti and The Sting.
Caddyshack now rescheduled for Aug 21. No movie in March.
I don’t know if I saw this right, but on facebook today, someone posted to Cinema Tour that this theatre is going to close. Is this true??
Upcoming 35MM movies all at 8 pm, include organ played and short subject and free popcorn: March 27, Caddyshack. April 11, Wizard of Oz. May 1, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. June 12, Spaceballs. July 17, Jaws.
What a difference when you look at photos of this theatre inside compared to the Keiths in Flushing.
I worked there as a relief projectionist from 1987 till around 1992.
LuisV, I hope it survives the bankruptcy. However I can understand why its always sold out. It don’t take much to sell out 43 to 143 seats. We go to a new Cinemark here in NJ and even on a slow Tuesday afternoon at 3 pm there could be 30 or more people in a show.
Don’t forget next Friday the 28th at 8 pm is our next movie Jurassic Park. I inspected the film print today. It is in really good shape. I give it an 8.5 out of 10.
Cinecommcentre there is still all the 35mm stuff there. I haven’t looked in that cabinet in 5 years which is the last time we ran 35mm. Im not sure about books. As I said I haven’t been into the cabinet in years. No need to now that the use the Digital projector exclusively.
The entire complex is called Count Basie Center for the Arts. The original main auditorium is referred to as Hackensack Medical Center Theatre. More people know it as Count Basie theater than HMCT.
walterk, my father who was a longtime projectionist in the area mentioned Snapper many times when I was a young boy. He basically ran theatres into the ground. He ran the Royal into the ground eventually selling it to Fernando Bravo who also took over the Fords Cinema. Snapper also ran the State in Woodbridge and the Forum in Metuchen. When S & S theatres saw the condition of the State and Forum (they owned the buildings), they immediately closed the State and moved all the projection and sound equipment to the Forum and remodeled it. They sold the Forum in 1983. My father did not have any kind words about Snapper.