Harbor 5 Theatre
271 96th Street,
Stone Harbor,
NJ
08247
271 96th Street,
Stone Harbor,
NJ
08247
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This historic Art Moderne style cinema opened as the 850 seat, Harbor Theatre, on June 24, 1949. It was twinned in the 1980’s and is now a five-screen cinema operated by Frank Theatres.
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Listed as part of Hunt’s Theatres, Inc. in the 1970 FDY & 1976 International Motion Picture Almanac.
Here is a 2007 photo of the Stone Harbor 5 Theater. Function should be movies.
im currently sitting in the office at the harbor 5, the theater has an intresting 50’s style for shore theaters
The Harbor Theatre opened on June 24, 1949 by Jack H. Greenberg Theater Enterprises who perated theaters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The theater was designed by David supowitz who had an early association with William H. Lee. Supowittz designed the Goldman and Randolph Theatres in Philadelphia for William Goldman. Supowitz was also reponsible for updating a number of theaters for William Goldman. The theater fronted on the main street of Stone Harbor a few doors from the Park Theatre also operated by Greenberg. The auditorium was on an angle and stretched to the street behind. Greenberg sold out to Wm. Hunt Theatres of Wildwood who then sold out to Frank. On opening the theater had a very long inside lobby that was made into a creening room when the auditorium was divided into four screening rooms.
im gonna miss running the harbor 5 this year, was a nice little theater
I was an usher at both the Harbor and Park Theatres in 1964. At 50 cents an hour it was easy work. At that time seasonal businesses didn’t have to pay a minimum wage. We opened the theater for a matinee every day but if we didn’t have 6 pople in the auditorium we closed down. Fewer than 6 didn’t pay the bills. In 1965 I was made the Manager at the Park for a whopping $75 per week, working under Arthur Gross – the manager at the Harbor, which was then open year round. Both jobs were 7 days a week with a day off only if you promised to come in if it rained. As a Manager I had to be at the theater at 8 AM to let the cleaners in, and went home at midnight after walking the deposit to the bank on the corner (now a BOA). Once a week I delivered the bulletins around the island by bike – after we closed for the night. The programs were pastel 5" X 8" cards with the Harbor schedule on one side and the Park schedule on the back. Both theaters normally ran about 4-5 different films per week on the one screen. They were owned by Frank Theaters back then and have changed ownership several times since then before going back to Frank.
Another photo can be seen here.
im returning this summer as the gm
I have quite a few of the pastel 5x8 cards I would like to sell. They have some great movies advertised on them with interesting graphics. My email is
From 1949 a photo postcard view of the (New) Harbor Theatre during it’s gala opening in Stone Harbor N.J.