Shore 4 Theater

History & old photos:
http://www.funchase.com/Images/Theatres/Shore.htm

The remaining days of this theatre and the nearby Blaker are short. Both are overdue for demolition, long stripped of their decor save vintage moldering seats in the Shore balcony (green leather) and Blaker floor (red felt). Full information on all the Hunt's Theatres can be found at the Boyer Museum in downtown Wildwood.
These theatres briefly re-opened in 1996-97 and were quickly panned due to leaking roofs, falling ceiling tiles and no a/c! At times they just let you in to have some patrons. We were in Wildwood for a month and the whole town seemed to be sleeping except for the bars.
At the recent 50's week-end a section of the Shore sign along with other signs were lit up in the convention hall. The neon collectors there said about 60 more neon signs have been saved from being ruined. Save-a-sign number was (609)? 9725008.
Another of the building plans here now call for a movie complex just offshore of Wildwood in Rio Grande.

Let me add these were FORMER Hunt's Theatres. After the Hunts left the picture in the 80's (no pun intended), their theatres and boardwalk holdings faded into oblivion.

Nice color photo of the Shore 4 Theatre/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trishylicious/59434853/

The Blaker theatre was located on the nw corner of this block, not behind or connected to the Shore, which was on the sw corner. The "Shore 4" experience was walking between the theatres, which most people didn't realize if they weren't familiar with the situation.

The Shore and Blaker Theatre long idle have been demolished.

Listed as part of Hunt's Theatres, Inc. in the 1970 FDY & 1976 International Motion Picture Almanac.

Photos have been added up to FunChase.com chronicling the unfortuate demolition of the Shore and Blaker.

http://www.funchase.com/Images/Theatres/TheCurtainFalls.htm

The Photos & info above are fantastic. I visted the booth of Hunt's Shore Twin maybe 20-30 years ago and met the projectionist, Joe Griesbach. Joe is an electronic genius and owns his own electronics store near Wildwood, NJ. The last time I visted Joe, he was doing projection at the Bayshore 8, in North Cape May, NJ. The theatre was once an Acme super market. The last time I talked to Joe on the phone, I think that he told me that "THE FRANKS", were building a mega-plex in Rio Grande, NJ.

Photos of the Shore and then its twinage seen at this site

http://www.angelfire.com/nj/wwbysea/HUNT/huntstheaters.html

The Shore photo is circa 1967
and Twin Photo 1995

Status hould be closed/demolished.

What a sin to see that big empty dirt lot where once a grand and glorious theatre once stood.

Joe if you are reading this, I wish you would find a way to open this treasure back up again. This theater was a real treat to anyone who vacationed in the wildwood area and wanted to see a first run film. I have many great memories of this theater.

Terminator 2
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Unlawful Entry
Speed
It Could Happen to You (Side Cinema)
Judge Dredd
Independence Day
The Crow 2
Men in Black
Batman and Robin

Some of the films were not so great but the theater was the best place to see them.

Talk about adding insult to injury -- my family and I have vacationed in Wildwood every summer for the past 22 years, and though we've never stepped foot in either the Shore or Blaker, it was truly sad to see it gone. Now, whaddya bet they build another stupid condo in its place?

1981 Photo

1986 Photo