Ocean Theatre
2700 Boardwalk,
Wildwood,
NJ
08260
2700 Boardwalk,
Wildwood,
NJ
08260
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Opened in 1965. One of the last theatres built by Bill Hunt before his death in 1970. Still showing first run movies until at least 1978. Currently is a pizza restaurant.
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This was Hunts theater for roadshow engagements. I saw The Sound of Music there. I would love to see a list of the other roadshow engagments that played here. I know Fiddler On The Roof played in 71. This theater was beautiful with 2 curtians and a beautiful curved screen
Listed as part of Hunt’s Theatres, Inc. in the 1970 FDY & 1976 International Motion Picture Almanac.
Couple of photos of the Ocean’s exterior from 1976 shown below at this website
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The night time picture is more spectacular as it shows the great marquee and also the golf course on the roof.
Is this theatre located between Poplar and Juniper Streets? If so, then it must have been designed by Lee & Thaete Associates.
I remember the summer of 1984, saw “Ghostbusters” here, I think one of the last years it was a single. Twinned for the following summer, if memory serves me.
A color photo of The Ocean Theatre’s marquee in 1971
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I miss this theatre, as well as the Shore Twins a few blocks away. It just doesn’t seem the same in Wildwood anymore without them.
Nice 1971 photo.
Spent a few weeks in Wildwood in the 60’s with my Grandmother and my two brothers, I remember seeing “My Fair Lady” and “Thourghly Modern Mille”. A very beautiful theatre. You don’t see theatres like this anymore.
Midtown usher
Regarding my November 2, 2007, comment in which I linked to a Philadelphia Buildings web page attributing the Ocean Theatre to an architectural firm called Lee & Thaete Associates. I’ve only just discovered that the Lee in Lee & Thaete was theater architect William Harold Lee. His partner in the firm, which was formed in 1964, was named Walter Frederick Thaete.
Philadelphia Buildings also attributes the Liberty Theatre at Cape May, New Jersey, to Lee & Thaete Associates (this was a remodeling job), though Cinema Treasures currently attributes it to Willam Harold Lee alone. Lee died in 1971, but the firm continued to operate under the same name until 1983.