Wayne Movietown
1220 Hamburg Turnpike,
Wayne,
NJ
07470
1220 Hamburg Turnpike,
Wayne,
NJ
07470
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Decent size auditoriums here. As they have almost 1200 seats total. Unfortunately they never reopened after the virus situation. This is unfortunate. Don’t know if anyone will ever take the theater over and open it again. Doesn’t look likely though
Please update, it became a quad on October 31, 1986. (Grand Opening ad in photos). Currently, the theatre is still closed, hasn’t reopened since Covid-19 started in March 2020
Not 100 percent sure, the webpage is still operational http://www.waynemovietown.com/
This opened on July 25th, 1986. Grand opening ad posted.
Ever-unreliable Google Maps broke my earlier link. Maybe they won’t break this one. (As if!)
If you use the address 19 Preakness Shopping Center at Google Maps, the pin icon fetches up exactly in front of the theater entrance, and you can get this street view.
Advance tickets are on sale for the avengers movie Here while loews doesn’t have it. Next year cinemark will provide competition for this theater and AMC.
I remember when I was the screen cleaner for Clearview, I went here a few times. It was a really nice theatre. From what I was told it started out a single, then UA added a second screen next door, then split both the original house and the addition to make it 4. Screen sizes were nice.
As far as I know, it was never equipped with 70mm when it was a UA house.
Bow Tie hasn’t made too many physical changes as it was the rare all digital Clearview location (most had a digital screen or two for 3D) and it was in good shape. Very few artifacts from the photographs remain (in public view) unfortunately just the flooring in the front lobby and a series of bars (also visible in the lobby) – the rest is modern with the concession stand having undergone a renovation within the last few years of Clearview’s run.
I’m not sure….i first went to this theater when it was a UA theater and then a Clearview. It was the first theater to have 70mm dolby stereo in Wayne.
moviebuff82,
Since they installed recliners, then they surely would have renewed their lease before doing so. In some states, commercial leases are filed with the county clerk and are a matter of public record. Not sure if that includes NJ…
the lease was renewed i think.
most recently recliners were installed at this theater when Bow Tie took over.
This page of the May, 1964, issue of International Projectionist was devoted to the Wayne Theatre, and features four photographs (click the + sign in the toolbar at lower right of the page to enlarge.) The Wayne Theatre was designed by architect Drew Eberson.
yes.
All screens now digital as of 2011.
FROM THE ADDRESS, PLEASE REMOVE:
PREAKNESS SHOPPING CENTER
PLEASE ADD:
1220 HAMBURG TURNPIKE
AKA:
SKOURAS-WAYNE THEATRE
PEAKNESS 4
SEATS: 1,180
PHONE 973.694.4136
WEBSITE:
http://clearviewcinemas.com/
Opened in 1963 in the then Wayne Shopping Center, as a 900 seat single theater on a single level showing Dean Martin in “4 FOR TEXAS”.
Owners:
1963-1969 Skouras Theatres Corp. of Great Neck. N.Y.,they owned over 50 theatres in New Jersey and New York.
1975-1997 United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc., they twined the place in the early 1980’s and later added 2 more screens. The seats came from the 34th Street Showplace in Manhattan. Seats, 265, 265, 350, 300.
1997 Clearview Cinemas Corp.
More info and photos are always welcome.
the parking lot near the theater might’ve been flooded.
showtimes are now back up online.
showtimes are not available to purchase online. Maybe it’s busy?
another digital projector was installed in this theater.
I never been to the one in Kinnelon, but my stepmom went there when she used to live in Pequannock. I’ve been right by there, and it’s like one of those strip mall theaters that are competiting with the big ones, e.g. the AMCs in Rockaway, Wayne, and Clifton Commons. As for the Allwood sixplex, they haven’t updated it since the two larger theaters got digital surround sound systems, it might be time for that theater to close since Clifton Commons is already profitable.
Undergoing an upgrade with “leather” seats. Still has a no masking, so Coraline in 3-D had both ends of the screen with no image. Other than that it still seems to be successful – the lobby recently added a party room. the bathrooms finally got an upgrade and the concession stand appears to be enlarged.
Now they need to upgrade Kinnelon (or close it and start over).
This theater was recently installed with digital projection for the release of Bolt in 3-D, as well as several other Clearviews in the area.