Community Theatre

Route 70 East,
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

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Previously operated by: Budco, General Cinema Corp., Walter Reade Theatres

Architects: David Marner

Functions: Office Space, Retail

Styles: Colonial Revival

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Community Theatre

A Colonial-styled theatre built as an outbuilding of the Barclay Center shopping plaza, the Community Theatre was opened June 7, 1963 with Peter Sellers in “The Wrong Arm of the Law”. Originally a Walter Reade theatre, it passed to General Cinema sometime after 1964. Tended to play second fiddle to GCC’s Cherry Hill Mall Cinema in terms of bookings. Very plain auditorium, no particular decor. Lasted into the early or mid-1980’s as a theatre, then renovated into office and retail space.

Contributed by RickB

Recent comments (view all 8 comments)

teecee
teecee on August 7, 2006 at 11:38 pm

Developer of Barclay Farms was Robert Scarborough. Originally envisioned as an art & foreign film theatre.

Killerwithin
Killerwithin on November 8, 2006 at 12:06 am

Saw Jaws, Popeye and a double feature of For Your Eyes Only & Tarzan The Ape Man…. now it’s Cutter’s Mill, A pet food store.

Michael R. Rambo Jr.
Michael R. Rambo Jr. on April 26, 2009 at 4:10 am

Does anyone know if the Community Theatre at Barclay Farms was of similuar shape and design to the long-gone Budco Theatres' Doylestown Barn Cinema/AMC Barn 5 Theatre?

RickB
RickB on May 3, 2009 at 10:09 pm

I don’t know about the Doylestown theater, but this one was very similar to the Community Theater in Eatontown, New Jersey, pictured here.

Michael R. Rambo Jr.
Michael R. Rambo Jr. on March 3, 2011 at 5:45 am

I know this theatre closed 1982/1983 by it’s final operator, Budco Theatres

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 17, 2013 at 8:51 am

As RickB pointed out, this theater was of similar design to the Community Theatre in Eatontown, New Jersey. In fact, comparing photos of the Cherry Hill house with those of the Eatontown location that appear in this article from Boxoffice of November 9, 1964, the two are virtually identical. The article attributes the design of the Eatontown house to architect David Marner, so it’s probably safe to assume that he designed the Cherry Hill project as well.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 1, 2014 at 7:15 pm

This opened on June 7th, 1963. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section for this theatre.

RickB
RickB on September 12, 2021 at 2:10 pm

Building could be demolished and replaced with a Wawa store. Inquirer story has only a passing mention of the theater, but here it is anyway.

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