Carlton Theatre

11 N. Main Street,
Pleasantville, NJ 08232

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 17, 2017 at 8:54 pm

Opened by Frank B. Hubin in 1912 for $25,000 as a silent photoplay house, the city directory listed it at 7 North Main Street in Pleasantville . The 625-seat cinema was renamed the Carlton Theatre in 1929 and would became a Warner house.

brooklynfilm
brooklynfilm on February 8, 2014 at 6:58 pm

Great photo! As late as 2001 or so it was a photo studio, with original ceiling and offices above the box office area.

mikehorton
mikehorton on September 15, 2010 at 12:18 pm

I left P'Ville in 1958 and the Carlton had been closed for several years by then. We kids used to use the old projection room as a hangout.

gaspenberg
gaspenberg on May 13, 2010 at 7:04 pm

Sorry Ken. The Rialto was on Main Street. The cemeteries are several blocks west out Washington Ave. I still get down to P'ville regularly to visit family.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 13, 2010 at 5:16 pm

Right, because directly across from the Rialto is a cemetery that has been there for as long as I can remember.

gaspenberg
gaspenberg on May 13, 2010 at 1:57 pm

Specifically, the Rialto was south of Washington Ave, next to (south) of the Mainland Bank, which was on the corner of Main & Wash. The Carlton was north of Washington on the opposite side of Main St. The liquor store (which is still there) is a couple doors further north.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 13, 2010 at 9:49 am

I guess it was a closed building for a while, with no clue that it was a theater. Too bad I missed that one.

gaspenberg
gaspenberg on October 27, 2009 at 11:45 pm

I went to the Carlton before it closed. They featured low-budget westerns, at least at the kids' matinees. At one point, probably early ‘50’s, they put up a sign saying they were closing for renovations, but never reopened. — There was also a Park Theater in Pleasantville on South Main Street near Frambes Ave, which was converted into a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall.

Crazy Bob Madara
Crazy Bob Madara on September 28, 2009 at 1:18 pm

It was before my time, but the building was still there in the 70’s. It was accross the street a little from the Rialto. I think that it was a liquior store?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 13, 2009 at 9:56 pm

I didn’t know about this one. I think if it was still open in the sixties I would have gone there, or at least heard of it. It looks like it was near the intersection of Main and Washington. Smaller than the Rialto, I think, if you compare the seat counts.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 3, 2005 at 7:42 am

Editions of F.D.Y. 1941 and 1943 list the Carlton Theater as being operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.

teecee
teecee on August 3, 2005 at 7:19 am

Listed in the 1951 Film Daily Yearbook at 11 N. Main Street, 08232, with 418 seats.