Valleyview Cinemas

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This theater is closed?? NOW I’m depressed. I was at the first show ever when it was the Jerry Lewis…I saw “Marooned” there…then in the 70’s it turned porno for many years..then a fire…then I remember being overjoyed reading that it was going to be re-opened as a regular movie house..only twinned…I remember walking inside during the construction and going down memory lane…I thought the Valleyview as a twin was a great throwback to the small intimate theaters from the 70’s. The projection was crisp and the sound good. I saw many movies there from 1996…took my Mother there alot as she took me there when I was a kid. I saw the re-released “Exorcist” in 2000, I saw it there in 74 too when it was a single screen…I think I know why it’s out of business..

IT WAS RUN WRONG..

I never could understand why they didn’t have more shows… They would only have 1 evening show on weeknights and weekend shows didn’t start till late afternoon…the surroundings consisted of many apartment complexes and William Paterson College for Godsake!!! Most residents where elderly who go to movies…they had the perfect location for a neighborhood house..I even wrote to the powers that be to incorporate a classic film show , the same way the Lafayette does…I mean, with the apartments and the college, they would have done fine….but they just continued to have late shows only and only 1….If they had an afternoon show and even a late afternoon, 4-5pm, they would have gotten the after school crowd and more….there was no effort….that’s why these theaters are dying…now another one from the past is gone for a freakin restaurant….and there’s no reason….I applied for a manager job before it opened…I wish I got it…

a bummmer

The May 18, 1970, issue of Boxoffice ran an article about the Jerry Lewis Cinema. They gave the opening date as March 25, 1970. The company that built the Jerry Lewis theaters, Network Cinemas Corporation, had been formed in September, 1969, so they had managed to get their first theater open in about six months. The interiors of the theater were designed by Robin Wagner, but Boxoffice didn’t give the name of the architect.

Jerry Lewis made a personal appearance here on opening week, March 30, 1970 to help launch the site.

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Nice ad AlAvarez.