Roosevelt Theatre
796 Clinton Avenue,
Newark,
NJ
07108
796 Clinton Avenue,
Newark,
NJ
07108
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Open since at least 1926 when a Moller organ (opus 4570) was installed, this theatre is still listed as open in the 1951 Film Daily Yearbook.
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I went to the Roosevelt a few times in the early 60s. I saw “Sink The Bismark” and “The Lost World”. My parents grew up in Newark and
they told me what a nice place the Roosevelt had always been. Don't
remember much more about it.
Listed in the 1944 FDY as part of Warner Bros. Listed as part of Stanley Warner Corp. in the 1961 Film Daily Yearbook.
I did a satellite search of the Roosevelt’s address. Apparently, this theater is gone. There is a house on the address. I panned the satellite image, using the church on the corner of Leslie St and Clinton Ave as my starting point. I remember that parking was always a rather tricky thing. My parents would usually park somewhere on Leslie St and we would walk toward Clinton Ave, past the church and turn left onto Clinton Ave. A few hundred feet more and there was the Roosevelt. I do remember that the exterior was white. Back then, in the early 60s, you could still walk and not get killed. As a matter of fact, at one time, this part of Newark was home to a very large Jewish population. One of the largest synagogues in Newark was located a short distance doen the street from the Roosevelt. This temple had a huge swimming pool and gym!! Now, it’s a war zone. Very sad.
Use maps.live.com and do the birdseye view. It seems the theatre is still there! Look at the building in red. It seems like a small lobby building with along tunnel leading to an auditorium. I’ll be there next week to take photos and see for sure, but this pretty positively looks like a theatre.
Thank you Roger for the information on the Roosevelt. I stand corrected! I’m glad it’s still there, whatever it’s use. What a totally clever way to put a large movie theater in the middle of a crowded city block!!. I wish I could remember how long the entry was. When you’re a kid, your sense of scale is pretty skewed. I do recall that the interior was also white and that the screen and stage area had a gold-colored arch over the middle and a similarly-colored column on either side. As previously stated, this was a very nice theater in it’s day, definitely a cut above some of the lowlier neighborhood houses that could be found in the Newark area. I wonder what the interior looks like now.
As I stated before, I did go to Newark. This theater is still there and is now a church. I did not get inside, but I did take photos of the exterior which are at http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=31433 .
I went to the Roosevelt every Saturday from 1949 to 1955. The Saturday matinee cost $.25. There were two movies and cartoons.
Candy was a nickel. We always sat at exit 4 because the aisle was wide. We lived on Voorhees Street and I went to Blessed Sacrament grammar school. Great memories of a wonderful,simple time.