Lincoln Theatre
518 32nd Street,
Union City,
NJ
07087
518 32nd Street,
Union City,
NJ
07087
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This theater was on 32nd Street. It closed in the early-1970’s and is currently a supermarket. The balcony foyer is now a restaurant.
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Lou Lavin
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The Lincoln Theatre seated 1736 people.
My Mother says this was the nice, class act theater of the neighborhood. She says there were actually candy machines on the backs of some seats, which struck everyone as fancy. She also says there was another movie house in Union City called “The City”, which you show no record of; the opposite of The Lincon in that it was a real flea pit.
Listed in the 1944 FDY as part of Warner Bros. Listed as part of Stanley Warner Corp. in the 1961 Film Daily Yearbook.
1942 ad (see middle right, courtesy of Bill Huelbig:
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1959 ad (center) courtesy of Bill Huelbig:
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The restaurant is in the front of the building above the supermarket. But it’s not the former balcony area, maybe a former lobby to the balcony. I was in the restaurant afew weeks ago.
What a great restaurant. Here is their website.
http://mibanderanj.com/
My photos from 6/7/08:
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This was the Lincoln in 1982.
In the 50’s,there were matinees every Saturday and kids were charged 25 cents. The Davis Toy Store – just around the corner on Bergenline Ave – would donate some toys that would be raffled off between the double features for the kids. These matinee movies were usually comedies from Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, some Three Stooges, Westerns etc.