Paramount Theatre

142 Broadway,
Long Branch, NJ 07740

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View of the Paramount Theatre from the balcony

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Built as the Broadway Theatre in 1912. It was remodeled in 1930 by architect Leon Cubberley into an Atmospheric style theatre, and renamed Paramount Theatre. This large and ornate theatre in downtown Long Branch was recently used by Siperstein’s Paints until they vacated it.

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teecee
teecee on March 16, 2008 at 7:43 am

NY times article:
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Another description of the project:

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Warren G. Harris
Warren G. Harris on March 16, 2008 at 8:24 am

I believe that the spelling was Paramount Theatre (not Paramount Theater), the same as the flagship Paramount Theatre in Times Square, New York City.

Roloff
Roloff on April 19, 2008 at 3:28 pm

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:
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veyoung52
veyoung52 on July 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm

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.

markp
markp on July 26, 2008 at 6:35 pm

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.

atmos
atmos on May 14, 2011 at 5:05 am

I believe the architect was Leon Cubberley.

Porcelain Doll
Porcelain Doll on October 31, 2011 at 1:45 pm

I don’t think they are restoring this theatre anymore, place is in such terrible shape and no work had been done since the closure of the paint warehouse.

Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on October 31, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Can anyone confirm if Leon Cubberley was the architect? The atmospheric auditorium shows the influences of John Eberson and Thomas W. Lamb: findagrave

Matt Lambros
Matt Lambros on March 22, 2012 at 11:09 am

Here’s a blog posting and some recent pictures of the Paramount Theatre

Gamble
Gamble on March 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm

Damn you sipersteins! I highly doubt renovations will ever take place there.

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