Cameo Theatre

83 Elizabeth Avenue,
Newark, NJ 07108

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Managed by Eddie Steinberg briefly in the early 1950s. When he took over, it had been closed as a movie theater. Eddie ran it as a live theater. Closed after a brief time running in this format. Re-opened sometime thereafter and re-named Teatro Caribe, offering Spanish language movies. Now closed and in use as a Baptist church.

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jimmyt
jimmyt on March 14, 2005 at 8:50 pm

This was not the Cameo that operated as a porn house… that was the former Treat theater on Orange Street. The Cameo on Elizabeth Ave. spent several years as a Spanish language theater under the name Teatro Caribe. In the mid seventies changing demographics caused then-owner Dick Nathan to move the Spanish operation across town to the Elwood theater on Broadway.

teecee
teecee on March 17, 2005 at 5:49 am

Thanks for the clarification. I found a Treat theater with the following address:
TREAT THEATRE
469 BROAD ST
NEWARK, NJ 07102
973/621-7622
Is this the same one that you believe to be on Orange?

jimmyt
jimmyt on March 25, 2005 at 5:33 pm

The same one… it is situated on the corner of Broad and Orange Streets. Best…jt

DougDouglass
DougDouglass on April 27, 2005 at 4:43 pm

Passed Broad & Orange today. Marquee reads Cameo. Their recording announces “Cameo Twin Theatres”. One straight, the other gay.

LUISMEL
LUISMEL on December 26, 2005 at 1:42 pm

The one you saw on Broad and Orange is not the original TREAT THEATRE, the original one was demolished in the early 80’s to make way for the new building for the phone company. The owners of the TREAT then moved to where you cand find it now. Now, for the spanish CARIBE moving to the ELWOOD it was on January 1st in 1972 on a saturday. When to see the 1st showing of a double spanish feature. What wonderful memories, it was great.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 6, 2008 at 8:10 pm

The church has a slideshow with several views of the interior:
http://www.fmbcnewark.com/

LUISMEL
LUISMEL on March 14, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Here’s a collection of pictures: http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/31402.html

Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on October 7, 2011 at 12:16 pm

Can’t the Google Street view be re-adjusted to show the building? The person who “fixed” it must have been drunk at the time.

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