Lyric Theatre
214 Cookman Avenue,
Asbury Park,
NJ
07712
214 Cookman Avenue,
Asbury Park,
NJ
07712
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The Lyric Theatre was opened in the 1910’s. It was still listed as open in the 1951 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
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ASBURY PARK THEATRE FIRE; Flames in Lyric Cause $10,000 Loss
NY Times September 7, 1926
The Lyric Theatre, owned by Walter Reade, owner of a chain of theatres in the Eastern United States, was damaged to the extent of $10,000 early today by a fire of undetermined origin. The Lyric was the second Reade theatre here within a year to suffer fire loss. Last Spring the Main Street Theatre, worth $500,000 was destroyed by another fire, the cause of which was undetermined. The stage and the loft above were a roaring furnace and the flames ate through the roof causing the rear half of it to collapse.
“Murders in Monmouth: Capital Crimes from the Jersey Shore’s Past,” is a new book due in bookstores November 15, 2007, which mentions Elmer Vaughn, moving picture operator at Lyric Theatre before he was murdered in 1920. Vaughn also worked in the Ocean and Shubert Theatres in Asbury Park.
I was working there as projectionist the night Willie Plummer was shot during a robbery. Although shot in the face, he got off lucky and recovered fully.
What a night that was.
Elmer Vaughn was killed on 9-14-1920 during a robbery, and died of knife wounds. Age 34 years, 6 months, 25 days. He is buried at Mount Prospect Cemetery in Neptune, Plot #477. (His grandson requested info in this website, and I was president of Mount Prospect for many years, and my wife catalogued some 12,000 burials there)
Hi George.
I was working there as projectionist the night Willie Plummer was shot ?? mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Really???????
While researching Vaughn’s murder in 1920, I found several advertisements for the Lyric Theatre and will try to post them to this websight. Vaughn showed silent movies to his audiences and the Lyric Theatre also offered matinees. Vaughn also worked for McDonough’s Cafeteria on the corner of Kingsley Street and Second Avenue in Asbury Park, which offered live musicals during the 1920s. There should be a separate listing for McDonough’s.
Just passed by this site yesterday. This site is a vacnt lot and the intro should be changed to demolished.
Inside circa 1926 Lyric Theater
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The Lyric is most definitely demolished.