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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » New Jersey » Long Branch » Paramount Theater
Also known as Broadway Theater

Paramount Theater

Long Branch, NJ
142 Broadway
, Long Branch, NJ 07740 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Restoring
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Atmospheric, Spanish Moorish
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1722
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Large and ornate theater in downtown Long Branch, currently used by Siperstein's Paints. Management of Sipersteins has recently expressed interest in restoring the Paramount as part of a renewal effort in the area. Much of the auditorium is intact, including much of the unique plaster decorations.
Contributed by jim thatcher

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Listed in the 1951 FDY.
posted by TC on Mar 24, 2005 at 7:40am
Siperstein's
128 Broadway
Long Branch, NJ 07740
732-222-6384
posted by TC on Mar 25, 2005 at 4:53am
Old postcard:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d728b3127cce944c16ee410c00000016108IZsW7Zwzc-
posted by TC on Sep 9, 2005 at 2:19am
Listed in the 1944 FDY. Listed as a Walter Reade Theatre in the 1956 Film Daily Yearbook.
posted by TC on Mar 2, 2006 at 5:02am
Was previously known as the Broadway Theatre. Compare this postcard to the previos one:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d633b3127cce93d1bbe5385400000026108IZsW7Zwzc-
posted by TC on Mar 3, 2006 at 2:57pm
A Moller organ, opus 2806, was installed in the Broadway Theatre in 1920.
posted by TC on Mar 10, 2006 at 5:00pm
A previous Moller organ, opus 2030, was installed in the Broadway Theatre in 1915.
posted by TC on Mar 10, 2006 at 5:06pm
Here is a 2005 article about the former Paramount theater being converted into a performing arts theater.
posted by Lost Memory on Mar 12, 2006 at 3:40pm
Another old postcard:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d702b3127cce8dd2a2e67e6c00000016108IZsW7Zwzc-
posted by TC on Sep 23, 2006 at 4:38am
http://www.historiclongbranch.org/town.htm

Fourth picture down shows this theatre as the Reades Broadway.
Fifth picture down is a newer one after its changeover to the Paramount.
posted by TC on Sep 30, 2006 at 6:52am
http://profiles.yahoo.com/paramount_theatre_long_branch

http://profiles.yahoo.com/paramount_theatre_home_office
posted by on Dec 11, 2006 at 8:39am
Updates on this theatre:

http://cinematreasures.org/news/15665_0_1_20_C/
posted by CinemaCentre on Jan 6, 2007 at 10:51am
Basic information from a local real estate agent:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-176652665.html
posted by TC on Mar 16, 2008 at 7:36am
NY times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/realestate/11njzo.html

Another description of the project:

http://www.njfuture.org/Media/Docs/Broadway%20Arts%20Center%202006.doc
posted by TC on Mar 16, 2008 at 7:43am
I believe that the spelling was Paramount Theatre (not Paramount Theater), the same as the flagship Paramount Theatre in Times Square, New York City.
posted by Warren G. Harris on Mar 16, 2008 at 8:24am
Good thing it's being restored! See a hi-res scan of one of the postcards from above, featuring Reade's Strand and the Paramount across the street, from 1939, in my Flickrstream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/2425657467/in/set-72057594129975085/
posted by Roloff on Apr 19, 2008 at 3:28pm
I just found the following on the c.t. page for the Paramount in Asbury Park (theatre #222) concerning this Paramount in Long Branch.

"The Paramount Long Branch was also used for test exhibition of Cinemiracle and WINDJAMMER. The film was eventually exhibited at the St. James in July 1959. posted by on Dec 7, 2006 at 2:25am"

Does anybody know anything more about this? The film was also scored and tested in late 1957 at the Mt. Edens in the Bronx. Thanks.
posted by veyoung on Jul 26, 2008 at 5:10pm
It is my understanding that work on bringing it back to a theatre is going at a snails pace. Lets hope it gets done in the next 2 to 3 years.
posted by movie534 on Jul 26, 2008 at 6:35pm
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