Savar Theatre

Tinseltoes on June 25, 2012 at 8:19 am

Two views of the Savar’s unique auditorium can be found in this 1940 trade article: boxofficemagazine

veyoung52 on April 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm

South Jersey’s first CinemaScope presentation, “The Robe,” premiered here December 30, 1953.

LuisV on January 17, 2008 at 12:55 pm

This must have been some theater; especially for Camden! I suppose we couldn’t expect Camden to retain their movie thaters when even Philadelphia, right across the river, has only been able to keep one: The Boyd. And even that one is hanging by a thread.

Unfortunately, Camden is so far gone that even if a theater had survived, it is unlikely it could ever survive any economically feasible alternate use. The city is a pit and not many people seem to care about it.

Even on CT, it’s amazing how few comments there are from people who might have attended these theaters in their youth.

At least Jersey City managed, miraculously, to keep not one palace but two: The Loews Jersey and The Stanley. Even better; they’re right across the street from one another.

kencmcintyre on November 2, 2007 at 10:02 am

Hard to believe that was in Camden. I never saw the town in its better days.

teecee on September 30, 2006 at 7:02 am

1940s photo at this site:
http://www.45thdivision.org/Veterans/BirdA160.htm

KenRoe on March 7, 2005 at 4:31 am

The Savar Theatre had a seating capacity of 1,500 given in Film Daily Yearbooks 1941 and 1943. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it gives a seating capacity of 1,732.