Franklin Theater
510 Franklin Avenue,
Nutley,
NJ
07110
510 Franklin Avenue,
Nutley,
NJ
07110
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For decades, this was the movie house of my parents and grandparents in Nutley, New Jersey. Sometime in the 1970’s, it was split into three separate screens. Whenever I visited my grandmother, I always loved going here. There was always zero advertising, very resonable prices, and excellent service.
It closed in 1999 due to an issue with the building lease and sits empty and unused, though there were talks about reopening this absoutely wonderful theater.
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Give me a break with Google photos.
Hi Justin the building is still there but you would not think that it was a movie house once I had taken some pictures but lost the film but I will go this weekend and take new pictures with my cell phone.
It looks like it has quite a few tenants. I think it’s now called “Franklin Center”.
I]d like to see those photos instead of relying on stupid Google photos.
Ok here are the pictures for the Franklin Theater and sorry for the delay :)
http://img5.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=image1mew.jpg
Very nice photos. Sure beats looking at out of focus Google photos. And these photos have a date. Thanks.
According to what I read on some online forum, the wall collapse happened during a movie showing, of which none attended.
Dec 1981 photos;
http://tinyurl.com/qcg7jw
http://tinyurl.com/pmcvca
Later this year marks the 10th anniversary of when this theater was closed and then transformed into a shopping center. Did this theater have 70mm projection in the center auditorium?
I think this theater didn’t have that kind of projection as the closest theater in that area were Cinema 23 (now closed as of last week), the Bellevue, Clairidge (now cut down to a six-plex showing indie films), and the original Essex Green triplex.