Tilton Square Theatre

331 Tilton Road,
Northfield, NJ 08225

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sarge12345
sarge12345 on March 10, 2005 at 4:05 am

The Tilton is an ok theater, but the chop-shop approach to design hinders its lay-out considerably in my opinion.

The multi-million rennovation completed in the spring/summer of 2004 is really impressive. Granted I’m biased, but both design and presentaion easily surpasses the Tilton, and also the Regal at the Hamilton Mall. All high-back rocker stadium seating and DTS sound in every auditorium has helped make the Towne 16 one of the best theaters in southern New Jersey.

William Appenzeller, GM of the Towne 16, Frank Theatres

Cinedelphia
Cinedelphia on March 9, 2005 at 11:47 am

The original theatre, before it was twinned, was a nice place to see a movie. The screen was very large (I don’t recall if it had movable
masking or not)and a good 60 feet in width. I also remember there being “surround” type speakers mounted on the walls of the auditorium
which leads me to believe that there was multi-track stereo and 70mm
capability (if anyone can confirm this, please feel free to comment).
When the Tilton was twinned, it was a typical “dark ages of twinning"
wall down the middle job, basically destroying a nice example of a
large, modern for its time, suburban movie house. The present Tilton
9 is a mixed bag. The original auditorium remains in its' narrow twinned state with the addition of digital sound (shrill and crackly w/ less than steller projection the last time I was there)the newer
stadium auditoriums are decent with good sound, projection, and acceptable size screens for their moderate size; as far as the remaining small auditoriums go, other than barely acceptable digital sound, the less said the better. I find it amazing that this place continually is awarded best theatre in the area by the AC Press. The Regal Hamilton Stadium 14 is pretty much a nice modern megaplex with
excellent sound, big screens in all the audtoriums, etc. Also, if anyone has been to the Town 16 at the Shore Mall since it was refurbished after a fire, I’d love to know if the place has gotten any better (it had become a real dump while run by Hoyt’s).
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joemasher
joemasher on February 3, 2005 at 9:45 am

Also, there are some great photos on their website – www.tilton9.com The original signage is still in place and in use!

joemasher
joemasher on February 3, 2005 at 9:41 am

In my visit to the Titon, I found the auditoriums to be quite large, actually. The original house (single) was twinned, and the rest of the auditoriums are subsequent additions over time. Excellent concession stand.