Ramsey Cinema
125 E. Main Street,
Ramsey,
NJ
07446
125 E. Main Street,
Ramsey,
NJ
07446
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Listed in editions of Film Daily Yearbook since at least 1941, this cinema is now a twin and is still showing first run movies.
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This is the only movie theater in Ramsey remaining after the closing of the Loews Interstate theater. Did most of the employees of the now gone Franklin theater in Nutley move to the Ramsey location along with the digital sound and projection equipment from that triplex?
According to the Bergen Record on 3/27/07 Page L01, this theater once showed silent films, placing it older than my 3/2/06 post.
Hello – I am very happy to tell you I visited this theater last month and took a photo of the exterior of the building:
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I did go inside, but the photo I took of the stage and curtain was unusable. Other than the partitioned room, the theater itself is small and plain. I regret not taking pics of the lobby as that was somewhat more decorated, but according to the manager may not have been the original interior structure. The manager did recommend a Ron Kase book titled Images of America RAMSEY, published by Arcadia in 2001 and captioned the following photo:
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The Ramsey Theatre is shown as it appeared in 1940. The marquee was taken down in the 1980’s, but the theater’s front remains the same.
This was the Ramsey in 1988.
The marquee was taken down in the 1980’s, but the theater’s front remains the same.
The marquee was already gone by December of 1979 and the flat marquee in use today was there. The only difference was back then, there was a picture of a crown between the words Ramsey and Cinema.
Looked much better with the old marquee, but at least its still in business.
An item in Boxoffice of June 20, 1960, announced the reopening of this theater which had been closed for eight years. The item calls it the East Main Street Theatre, but I think the writer must have mistaken the location for the name. The house had been closed by the Board of health in 1952 following a series of fires. It was updated with new wiring, wide screen, and rebuilt seats by the new operator, Bertil J. Carlson.
Boxoffice gave the seating capacity in 1960 as 296, so I’m wondering how they’ve managed to not only twin it but increase seating to 380. From the photos it’s apparent that the building has not been expanded. Did they add an auditorium in the basement?
> and rebuilt seats by the new operator
Those were “balcony” seats, they were designed to be mounted on a level floor. Unfortunately, this theatre had a sloped floor, so the seat backs tilted slightly forward, making them rather uncomfortable. The rows were rather close together for a total seating of around 400. In the summer 1980, those seats were replaced with better seating purchased used from the closing little Willowbrook Mall Cinemas. At that time the seating was reduced to 296, giving more leg room with wider rows. There is no basement.
this theater now has 3d projection.
Cool theatre.