Moorlyn Stadium 4 Theatre
835 Moorlyn Terrace,
Ocean City,
NJ
08226
835 Moorlyn Terrace,
Ocean City,
NJ
08226
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As the first large building for recreation on the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk, the Moorlyn opened around 1901 as a bowling alley. It was Moore’s Bowling Casino and appears to have been the main attraction on the boardwalk in those early years.
It changed to a movie theater in 1923 and has been one ever since. It was divided in two in 1970 and into four in 1989. Closed for a while, the original building was mostly demolished and rebuilt in a different style. The theatre is now one of only two theaters on the Ocean City Boardwalk.
Now operated by the Frank Theatres chain, it closes temporarily for the Winter season each year.
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Jim Laymon
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For sale, asking $5.5 million. The Strand 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.
A small photo of the Moorlyn’s facade and a slightly larger photo of one wall if the lobby can be seen at the lower left on this page of the March 7, 1936, issue of Boxoffice. The marquee in the 1936 photo was still there in the 1981 photo linked above, but it is gone in the more recent photo.
I like the 1981 marquee better.A lot better.
Is this theater open it is not listed on Frank theaters web page?
It is now owned by the Ocean City Tabernacle. A newspaper article from a couple months ago stated that the Tabernacle would use a few screens for family movies.
Joe Vogel – I’m just now seeing your link to BOXOFFICE and the pictures of the Moorlyn. That is So Cool! I remember that entrance. The stainless steel had been painted white (as you see in my picture at the top of this page)and I kind of thought that it was probably Stainless originally. Very cool photos. Believe it or not, I have the one of the original neon “O"s from the MOORLYN sign in that art deco style. Thanks for the link.
The Moorlyn is back, complete with the Art Deco marquee as featured in the video attached with this article from the Atlantic City Press.
All 4 of the Moorlyn screens will be functional for the Memorial Day weekend 2013, digital projectors and being fitted for multi-purpose use.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/movies-at-the-shore-ocean-city-theaters-get-latest-technology/article_e466a8fc-bcaa-11e2-a657-001a4bcf887a.html
Wonderful news. Glad the Frank’s are out.
Video tour of the Moorlyn
http://vimeo.com/66855072
Seth Basacas that was one of the best speehes on the love of the theatre and cinema I’ve ever heard.