County Cinema
114 Kings Highway,
Fairfield,
CT
06825
114 Kings Highway,
Fairfield,
CT
06825
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Architects: Leonard Asheim
Functions: Factory
Previous Names: Brooklawn Theater
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The Brooklawn Theatre opened on June 2, 1937. It was remodeled as the County Cinema on October 5, 1961. The County Cinema operated until March 1989.
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The Brooklawn was showing Hungarian films in 1958, according to this ad in the Bridgeport Post:
http://tinyurl.com/ojofyl
The theatre opened as the Brooklawn on June 2, 1937. Leonard Asheim was the architect. It was remodelled as reopened as the County on October 5, 1961. It closed in March 1989 and was converted for commercial use.
I worked there as an usher from 1979 to 1982. The upstairs projectionist booth was haunted.
https://goo.gl/maps/tbvKdouF9rAmDZa37
1961 grand opening ad posted.