Mindlin's Playhouse

982 Broad Street,
Newark, NJ 07102

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on March 26, 2012 at 2:36 am

Boxoffice predecessor Motion Picture Times published an illustrated two-page article about Michael Mindlin’s new theater in Newark, in its issue of June 3, 1930.

Warren G. Harris
Warren G. Harris on December 14, 2007 at 11:14 am

Here’s a view of the Playhouse’s intimate auditorium, copied from murky microfilm of a 1930 trade journal. The ceiling came to a near peak at the center: www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/mindlin30.jpg

KenRoe
KenRoe on August 22, 2006 at 4:28 am

It is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition as the Carlton Theatre with 420 seats.

Warren G. Harris
Warren G. Harris on August 22, 2006 at 3:56 am

Here are two ads from the theatre’s opening weeks in 1930:
www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/mindlin1.jpg
www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/mindlin2.jpg