I believe this is the building on Washington Ave. at the main intersection in town. If so, the auditorium has been demolished and the lobby structure has been redeveloped as retail/professional space.
But the new downtown Criterion gets first run product along with Showcase…“Bad News Bears” starts tomorrow (7/22), followed by “Must Love Dogs” next Friday.
This was once a USA Cinema, then a Loews Theatre for many years. The 8-plex is now being operated by Galaxy Cinemas out of Guttenberg, NJ, who also operate the famed Lafayette in Suffern, NY.
I don’t believe the Roscoe was ever quadded. It remained a single-screen throughout its life. The theater closed for good in the early 90’s, then was about to reopen when construction nearby compromised the theater’s structure, forcing it to be demolished. The Roscoe was owned by the same people that had the Mountain 3 Drive-In in nearby Liberty, which is currently abandoned and for sale.
Originally opened as Movie City 6, then two screens added later. Clearview bought this and the Woodbridge Cinema 5 (now closed) from Howard Grant, who owns MegaMovies nearby. Expect to see this theatre close in the near future.
Bow Tie Cinemas (formerly B.S. Moss Enterprises) is opening a new deluxe 6-screen cinema complex next door to Proctor’s as well. Opening is scheduled for late 2006.
The Loews Plainville 20 now sits on the Drive-In property. The Drive-In was owned and operated by the Perakos family, who also owned the Southington Drive-In and the Elm Theatre in Elmwood, among others.
UA operated this drive-in, which closed in the late 70’s or early 80’s. Some of it is still standing – the screen is there, covered by trees, but can be seen from the nearby Palisades Center Mall parking lot. The marquee is used to advertise Nyack Golf, which is adjacent to the drive-in proper. The lot is a paved one and looks to be in good shape, but the concession and box office buildings were demolished some time ago. About 4 miles south on the same road, the former UA 303 Drive-In is partially standing. That marquee was semi-restored last year. The 303’s lot houses a compost heap. The concession building is still standing. The 303’s screen frame was up last year, but has since fallen down. The 303 was also operated by UA.
The Queen Anne was one of Bergen County’s most notorious ‘adult’ houses in the late 70’s-early 80’s. It is my understanding that there are apartments on the second level, both in the front of the building and in the former projection booth. When driving on 80/95 at night you can see lights in a window in what was most likely the hallway leading to the booth and (2nd floor) front rooms of the building. There is a dry cleaner operating on the ground level, to the right of the lobby. They have racks and racks of clothes stored in the theatre’s lobby. I’ve asked about the possibility of seeing the auditorium, and was quickly denied. I’ve also read that there are plans to gut the remainder of the building and fill it in with apartments.
I stopped by the Rivoli the other day. The place is still closed, with neat, large piles of seat standards and armrests in the lobby. It does not look like much has gone on there recently. I recall seeing films there in the 80’s. On the faux balcony in the rear of the theatre there were two huge air conditioner units that pumped cool air in the house (See the excellent pics on Cinematour.com). Their sound was loud and disturbing to the movie. I also remember looking into the orchestra pit and seeing piles and piles of empty cardboard boxes and other junk. A lot of the seats were broken.
I frequently sought to go to Western Massachusetts Company locations as they were all extremely run down and I couldn’t believe they were allowed to remain in operation. Around that time (mid 80’s) they were operating the Palace and Showplace in Pittsfield, the Showplace and Garden in Greenfield, the Casino in Ware, the Bing in Springfield, the Calvin in Northampton, and the Amherst Cinema. Some of their closed locations included the fabulous Paramount in Downtown Springfield, the Capitol in Pittsfield, and the Victory in Holyoke.
According to this article (http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14773910&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6) in today’s New Haven Register, the York Square is closing in July. The article also cites the recently-opened Criterion Cinemas nearby, stating that the Criterion is also ‘struggling to draw audiences’, which is simply not true.
Oddly enough, Clearview bought the Bergenfield Cinema 5 (former Palace), Tenafly Cinema 4 (New Bergen), and Closter Cinema 4 from Magic—-those three were actually the very first Clearview Cinemas.Then-owner Bud Mayo sold them to Magic a few years prior! When he sold those three locations he bought Bernardsville, Madison, and, I believe, Chester.
I beleive it opened as a Music Makers Theatre. Loews bought Music Makers in the late 80’s, and that’s where it came into their hands. Clearview closed it in early 2001, because the landlord wanted a substantial rent increase. After it sat closed for awhile, Nelson Page (Galaxy Theatres) struck a deal to reopen the house. It was always a decent performer and always had huge per capita numbers.
Yes—it’s the largest. It used to be the right front orchestra section of the original Cinema 10 (when it was a single), and has ½ of the stage in it still. The backstage area is in tact behind the screen and is used for storage. If you look up at the top of the screen you can still see some of the original draperies that hung in the theatre.
I don’t believe Chatham ever had a “Circle Twin”. I worked there for four years and never knew of any theatre except for the Chatham Cinema (www.robertstheatres.com).
This Drive-In was located on the corner of US 1 and Scribner Ave., between exits 13 & 14 of I-95. It closed in the late 70’s-early 80’s and was demolished for a shopping center. On the side of the Abbot’s Custard shop building there is a mural paying homage to the Drive-In. At one point the theatre was operated by the SBC chain.
The Colony was in the process of restoration after it closed in 1985 or 1986 as an ‘adult’ theatre. The place was about to re-open showing classic films, when an arsonist torched the lobby building, which contained 2 storefronts and several apartments. That was around 1990. The lobby building was demolished—the auditorium was spared fire damage due to fire doors and the ‘iron curtain’ booth windows. It was converted into an auto body and repair shop afterward, which it remains.
The State closed in the 70’s and remained vacant until it was demolished around 1989. The lobby building still exists at the corner of State & Erie, just across and down from Proctor’s. The flat marquee (minus the STATE letters) and poster cases are still used to advertise businesses in the lobby arcade. All of the State’s seats were one one floor—the theatre did not have a balcony. I was inside just before it went down. The space remains an empty lot.
I believe this is the building on Washington Ave. at the main intersection in town. If so, the auditorium has been demolished and the lobby structure has been redeveloped as retail/professional space.
Yes, it’s a totally different building. The triplex was on the other side of I-95, and was demolished. The property is now part of the Bayer plant.
This building replaced a triplex that was located on the opposite side of I-95.
This is a duplicate listing—-see:
/theaters/6347/
3462 is the correct number of seats—-that’s what it had when B.S. Moss opened it in 1920.
Currently, the four theatres now housed in the former balcony seat around 250 each.
But the new downtown Criterion gets first run product along with Showcase…“Bad News Bears” starts tomorrow (7/22), followed by “Must Love Dogs” next Friday.
This was once a USA Cinema, then a Loews Theatre for many years. The 8-plex is now being operated by Galaxy Cinemas out of Guttenberg, NJ, who also operate the famed Lafayette in Suffern, NY.
The theatre played it’s last film on Saturday, July 16th.
I don’t believe the Roscoe was ever quadded. It remained a single-screen throughout its life. The theater closed for good in the early 90’s, then was about to reopen when construction nearby compromised the theater’s structure, forcing it to be demolished. The Roscoe was owned by the same people that had the Mountain 3 Drive-In in nearby Liberty, which is currently abandoned and for sale.
Originally opened as Movie City 6, then two screens added later. Clearview bought this and the Woodbridge Cinema 5 (now closed) from Howard Grant, who owns MegaMovies nearby. Expect to see this theatre close in the near future.
Bow Tie Cinemas (formerly B.S. Moss Enterprises) is opening a new deluxe 6-screen cinema complex next door to Proctor’s as well. Opening is scheduled for late 2006.
The Loews Plainville 20 now sits on the Drive-In property. The Drive-In was owned and operated by the Perakos family, who also owned the Southington Drive-In and the Elm Theatre in Elmwood, among others.
UA operated this drive-in, which closed in the late 70’s or early 80’s. Some of it is still standing – the screen is there, covered by trees, but can be seen from the nearby Palisades Center Mall parking lot. The marquee is used to advertise Nyack Golf, which is adjacent to the drive-in proper. The lot is a paved one and looks to be in good shape, but the concession and box office buildings were demolished some time ago. About 4 miles south on the same road, the former UA 303 Drive-In is partially standing. That marquee was semi-restored last year. The 303’s lot houses a compost heap. The concession building is still standing. The 303’s screen frame was up last year, but has since fallen down. The 303 was also operated by UA.
The Queen Anne was one of Bergen County’s most notorious ‘adult’ houses in the late 70’s-early 80’s. It is my understanding that there are apartments on the second level, both in the front of the building and in the former projection booth. When driving on 80/95 at night you can see lights in a window in what was most likely the hallway leading to the booth and (2nd floor) front rooms of the building. There is a dry cleaner operating on the ground level, to the right of the lobby. They have racks and racks of clothes stored in the theatre’s lobby. I’ve asked about the possibility of seeing the auditorium, and was quickly denied. I’ve also read that there are plans to gut the remainder of the building and fill it in with apartments.
I stopped by the Rivoli the other day. The place is still closed, with neat, large piles of seat standards and armrests in the lobby. It does not look like much has gone on there recently. I recall seeing films there in the 80’s. On the faux balcony in the rear of the theatre there were two huge air conditioner units that pumped cool air in the house (See the excellent pics on Cinematour.com). Their sound was loud and disturbing to the movie. I also remember looking into the orchestra pit and seeing piles and piles of empty cardboard boxes and other junk. A lot of the seats were broken.
I frequently sought to go to Western Massachusetts Company locations as they were all extremely run down and I couldn’t believe they were allowed to remain in operation. Around that time (mid 80’s) they were operating the Palace and Showplace in Pittsfield, the Showplace and Garden in Greenfield, the Casino in Ware, the Bing in Springfield, the Calvin in Northampton, and the Amherst Cinema. Some of their closed locations included the fabulous Paramount in Downtown Springfield, the Capitol in Pittsfield, and the Victory in Holyoke.
According to this article (http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14773910&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6) in today’s New Haven Register, the York Square is closing in July. The article also cites the recently-opened Criterion Cinemas nearby, stating that the Criterion is also ‘struggling to draw audiences’, which is simply not true.
Oddly enough, Clearview bought the Bergenfield Cinema 5 (former Palace), Tenafly Cinema 4 (New Bergen), and Closter Cinema 4 from Magic—-those three were actually the very first Clearview Cinemas.Then-owner Bud Mayo sold them to Magic a few years prior! When he sold those three locations he bought Bernardsville, Madison, and, I believe, Chester.
I beleive it opened as a Music Makers Theatre. Loews bought Music Makers in the late 80’s, and that’s where it came into their hands. Clearview closed it in early 2001, because the landlord wanted a substantial rent increase. After it sat closed for awhile, Nelson Page (Galaxy Theatres) struck a deal to reopen the house. It was always a decent performer and always had huge per capita numbers.
Yes—it’s the largest. It used to be the right front orchestra section of the original Cinema 10 (when it was a single), and has ½ of the stage in it still. The backstage area is in tact behind the screen and is used for storage. If you look up at the top of the screen you can still see some of the original draperies that hung in the theatre.
5 seats approx. 350, and has Dolby Digital Sound.
I don’t believe Chatham ever had a “Circle Twin”. I worked there for four years and never knew of any theatre except for the Chatham Cinema (www.robertstheatres.com).
This Drive-In was located on the corner of US 1 and Scribner Ave., between exits 13 & 14 of I-95. It closed in the late 70’s-early 80’s and was demolished for a shopping center. On the side of the Abbot’s Custard shop building there is a mural paying homage to the Drive-In. At one point the theatre was operated by the SBC chain.
The Colony was in the process of restoration after it closed in 1985 or 1986 as an ‘adult’ theatre. The place was about to re-open showing classic films, when an arsonist torched the lobby building, which contained 2 storefronts and several apartments. That was around 1990. The lobby building was demolished—the auditorium was spared fire damage due to fire doors and the ‘iron curtain’ booth windows. It was converted into an auto body and repair shop afterward, which it remains.
The building was converted to office and retail space, which it remains today.
The State closed in the 70’s and remained vacant until it was demolished around 1989. The lobby building still exists at the corner of State & Erie, just across and down from Proctor’s. The flat marquee (minus the STATE letters) and poster cases are still used to advertise businesses in the lobby arcade. All of the State’s seats were one one floor—the theatre did not have a balcony. I was inside just before it went down. The space remains an empty lot.