Warner Quad

I grew up in Ridgewood and have fond memories of the Warner and its grand marquee with yellow and white chaser lights. The YMCA would take a group of kids there on Saturday mornings to see cartoons. Lots of fun for 50 cents. Also saw many movies there on its big screen. There was only one screen then. The theater had a balcony too. I remember seeing “The High and Mighty” and “Spencer’s Mountain”, two movies I still recall in detail. Good memories. Glad to see that it’s still open.

1975 Photo

1986 Photo

recently installed with dlp for the release of bolt.

The opening date in the introduction is incorrect. According to reportage in Box Office Magazine at the time, the Warner Theatre had its grand opening on June 15th, 1932, with WB’s “The Dark Horse” (starring Warren William). Stage ceremonies were emceed by Jack Haley, who brought along Mitzi Green, Bert Wheeler, and Polly Walters to entertain. After the show, the lobby was cleared for dancing, with music provided by bands from local chapters of the American Legion and the Elks' Club.

A partial view of the Warner marquee.

I just went to see I Am Legend, good film but not as good as I expected it to be.

The new leather seats were comfortable.The size of the “theatre” downstairs is not bad, screen size is decent.

Even the upstairs theatre is not a bad space.

Some of the elements that existed when the Warner was a single screen are still intact today.

I would say it is Clearview’s best cinema in Northern NJ.

Your welcome. I hope that you have a great holiday too.

I don’t know why the link doesn’t work. Maybe the library website is having problems.

Here are two pages of photos of the Warner Quad. Enjoy these photos for now.

This might be the same link that Bryan posted in 2004. That link no longer works.

That doesn’t make it any more palatable to see what they did to it. I remember it in it’s glory as a single screen house. Now it’s just the same-old-same-old black box screening room like any other ‘theater’ in the area. No class, nothig to set it apart from the rest. Even the outside has been destroyed.

Thank God Cineplex Odeon got the hell out or they might have tried an 8 plex just to piss off the public, and wonder why the hell they were losing business. Ill never forget when I was still in Pittsburgh,Pa. I cant remember the name of the theatre, but good old Cinnemete corp. wanted to make a 5 PLEX OUT OF A 3 PLEX, and while the afternoon matinee was going on the idiots were knocking out the walls for exit doors. Then they raised hell because the patrons wanted thier money back. They just could not grasp why.
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Here is a recent photo of the Warner Quad.