Cort Theater
32 East Main Street,
Somerville,
NJ
08876
32 East Main Street,
Somerville,
NJ
08876
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to::::Chris Cort. -great grand son,,,do you have any old fotos of the theatre i lived behind the cort went every sat to see movies.
any one has old pictues of the cort theather soemrville nj?????//
from 1940 1960 or 1976??
The Cort was part of the Rapf and Ruden Co. in 1963. President was Arthur Rapf. The only other theater in the chain at that time was the Gramercy in New York.
I just came back from the theatre, there is no more 32 east main, it skips from 30 -34-36 the building there is definatly the theatre with a fresh stucco facade and broken down into three stores one a bicycle shop ,another a nail saloon,but if you stand on the court house steps you can see that it was a theatre there at one time.There is even a dance studio in the back. There is very little remnence of the theatre, all gutted out and sub -sub divided- areal shame, by the way im Chris Cort. -great grand son.
Listed as part of Rapf & Ruden in the 1956 Film Daily Yearbook.
Listed in the 1961 FDY as part of Associated Prudential Theatres, Inc.
Just desserts: Munch U. team searches out Jersey’s sweet spots
“The Dessert Plate, Somerville
Remember the late, great Cort Theater in Somerville? Lee Van Cleef was most likely a patron; the hard-boiled star of many westerns was born in Somerville. We don’t know about bad and ugly, but you’ll find good cakes, scones and the like in The Dessert Plate, located where the Cort once stood."
Star Ledger 8/26/05
http://thedessertplate.com/
This article implies that the Cort has been demolished. Note the address of the bakery is listed as 34 E Main Street.
I know nothing about the Cort, but the name suggests that it was originally operated by theatrical producer John Cort, who tried, unsuccessfully, in the late 1920s to start a chain of playhouses like his Cort Theatre in Manhattan. The Cort Theatre in Jamaica, Queens, NY, which became a movie house named the Carlton, was one of those attempts…The 1949 Film Daily Year Book gives an address for the Somerville Cort of 32 East Main Street, and a seating capacity of 1,211.