Strand Theatre

900 Boardwalk,
Ocean City, NJ 08226

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Although not much to look at today, the Strand Theatre on the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk at 9th Street, was once a classic Art Deco theatre with one screen, twin balconies, a silk curtain with King Neptune pictured on it, and backlit movie star portraits built into the lobby walls.

It has since been converted into a five-plex without the original lobby (now a store). Opening on 11th August 1938, the Strand Theatre was built by William Shriver and was the flagship theatre of the Shriver Theatre chain in New Jersey.

Contributed by Jim Laymon

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lostmemory
lostmemory on March 3, 2009 at 5:52 pm

The name should be Strand 5 Theatre which is the name given on their website.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 3, 2009 at 7:22 pm

This is a 2008 b/w photo.

jlaymon
jlaymon on April 20, 2009 at 7:08 am

Here is a clip of me doing a changeover at the Strand in 1988…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbknFBC0IsI

Those were still the original Peerless arc lamps, with 1950’s Simplex XL’s. Arcs were powered by a Hertner Transverter (generator) in an adjacent room. Rewinding was still done by hand.

jlaymon
jlaymon on April 23, 2009 at 9:12 pm

Wow. That is a great photo. I had taken one around the same time, but this one is much better. And that site has the Moorlyn and Village theaters too.

Thanks for the link!

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 6, 2009 at 9:49 am

Closed for the season. Here is a recent photo.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on January 18, 2010 at 8:27 pm

Photo of the Strand Theatre courtesy Nick’s Classic American Theatres.

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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 1, 2010 at 5:27 pm

Another 2008 photo of the Strand Theatre.
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RickB
RickB on January 20, 2011 at 4:16 am

For sale, asking $5.5 million. The Moorlyn is also listed at the same price. Frank Theatres still plans to operate both theaters for the 2011 summer season. Video story from NBC Philadelphia here.

oklahomaoz
oklahomaoz on May 2, 2012 at 1:31 pm

I lived in OCNJ the summer of 89, lived on 8th street above a breakfast shop, owner owned the building, cannot remember his name though…I got a job at the Strand as the ticket girl. I loved the job and I worked in the ticket booth that appears to still stand vacant. I called it my vertical coffin but man what a view. It was the best summer of my life and I miss it. We showed Lethal Weapon 2 amongst others, The Abyss, Weekend at Bernie’s….all still some of my favorite movies of all time and I probably saw them 50 times each that summer. LOL So glad to find this page….Havent been there since 89 but I am in Sea Isle every summer with my family. It makes me sad that the theater didnt survive the times.

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