Little Theatre

If anyone has any stories about going to/ working at this threatre in its adult days, I would love to hear them. I am chronicling the histories of adult theatres in the US. Please contact me at Thanks!

Some Unions refused to run Porn.Local 518 finally gave up the WEIS CINEMAS because of X-rated product.

any ne info on this place

Here’s a piece of trivia that I’m sure none of you knew, the Motion Picture Machine Operators Union ran their local out of the 2nd floor of this theater and it’s funny not only did they represent the projectionists at a few porn houses but also at most if not all of the major theater chains in Northern New Jersey including Cineplex Odeon, General Cinema and United Artists. Prior to moving to Newark the union was based in an adjacent office in the projection booth at the Millburn Theater in Millburn which I believe was around 1986-1987. The union has since been disbanned.

My, things have been very quiet here.
I am here to ask a question, since I live just south of the Linden airport, I used to frequent Cinema 9 on Route 9.
Does anyone know of a place similar in activity to Cinema 9, preferable in central or south New Jersey?
I really miss that place.

This is a recent close-up photo.

The profile is incorrect – this theatre is anything but closed.
It is open everyday 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Admission costs 8 dollars.

It is especially crowded on weekends (in the early afternoon).

While the main screen is showing “straight” XXX, the majority
of men who visit here clearly have other “activities” in mind.

Everyone is saying that home video viewing is taking the place of the
theatre-going experience. However, for the “regulars” who frequent
places like this, they are obviously no substitute for the real thing.

Has or had a Robert-Morton organ that was originally installed in the Main Theatre in Greenville PA.

Still open as of 2003:

The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), Feb 17, 2003 p017
Theaters no longer hot spots for porn; Videos speed demise of Jersey XXX houses. (NEW JERSEY)
Byline: ALICIA GREY

Danny Ganota knows his days of showing pornography on the silver screen are numbered.

Fewer people have been coming into Ganota’s Little Theater on Broad Street in Newark as the proliferation of pornography in videos, DVDs and on the Internet has made going to a XXX theater an anachronistic activity.

“We’re on our last legs. It’s all over for us,” Ganota said. “A year or two and that’s it.” …….

The Little Theater is one of the few adult movie theaters still left in New Jersey. Those that survived into the 1990s have closed in the last few years or are on the verge of closing.