Oritani Theatre

300 Main Street,
Hackensack, NJ 07601

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davidcapo
davidcapo on August 31, 2004 at 9:02 am

I used to take the Public Service Bus Company #102 from Carlstadt to Hackensack to see movies at Fox and the Oritani. I can’t remember what movies I saw at each place, I remember seeing Marooned, Little Big Man and the first Airport movie at either of these places. I think I also saw the Led Zeppelin film “The Song Remains the Same” as well as the movie of Pink Floyd in Pompeii.

bamtino
bamtino on June 20, 2004 at 7:08 pm

Links to vintage images of the Oritani (and, in the second link, the Fox across the street):
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http://www.geocities.com/munday_s/page13.html
(Oritani is on the left, Fox on the right)

bamtino
bamtino on June 11, 2004 at 2:00 pm

This 33,600 square foot facility actually opened in 1926. It was the last of at least 5 theatres to operate in the (Bergen) county seat of Hackensack, NJ. The auditorium demolition took place in 1985.

joemasher
joemasher on March 28, 2004 at 8:42 pm

The lobby/retail portion of this complex still exists. The auditorium was demolished for a parking lot for the retail space. Across the street, the Fox Theatre sits abandoned and awaits demolition…..