Savoy Theatre
Broadwalk and Ocean Avenue,
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401
Broadwalk and Ocean Avenue,
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401
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The attached link shows an advertisement for this theatre from 1924. The theatre is not listed in the 1941 Film Daily Yearbook.
Any additional information on this theatre would be greatly appreciated.
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This theatre is on Gene Chesley’s “National List of Historic Theatre Buildings” which includes the names and locations of theatres for which information had been gathered as of 1979, with some additions made through 1989. One can assume then that the building was still standing as of 1979.
Interesting list of theatres:
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A Wurlitzer organ (opus 800) was installed in this theatre on 5/28/1925.
Correct spelling of city is “Atlantic”.
I don’t think this building is still standing. I have a pretty good idea of the few historic buildings left in Atlantic City, and this isn’t one of them.
1924 ad on Central Pier can be seen here:
http://tinyurl.com/dxmago
http://www.shorpy.com/node/9267?size=_original
Andrew Craig Morrison’s book Theaters mentions the Savoy Theatre. The book has a drawing of the Savoy by artist Anthony Dumas, which is dated 1928. The caption also gives the name Woods Theatre as an aka for the house. The caption says that the Savoy opened in 1907, and seated 1,500.
The drawing is not visible in the Google Books view, but it can currently be seen online at this web page at Pop Art Machine. The theater’s entrance was in the Hotel Dunlop’s building, which was located at the north corner of Boardwalk and Ocean Avenue.
The “Theatrical Notes” column of The New York Times, July 5, 1920, mentions a play opening at A.H. Woods' Woods Theatre in Atlantic City, so the house had gotten its new name by that year, but the 1924 billboard ad ken mc linked to above calls the house the Savoy again. I’ve only found references to the house as the Woods Theatre dating from 1920 through 1922. A.H. Woods must have operated the house for just a few years under a lease.
I’ve been unable to discover any references to the Savoy later than 1928, so it’s possible that there was another name change, or perhaps the theater didn’t survive past the 1920s.