This is a dream come true! Having grown up in East Orange during the 1950s and 1960s I have fond memories of Saturday afternoon double feature matinees for 25 cents at the Hollywood Theatre. It was there that I saw 3-D movies with the 3-D glasses suppied by the theatre. It was there that I attended the Christmas eve shows that featured two movies plus 25 Warner Brothers cartoons. And of course, it was there that as teenagers my sweetheart and I would spend Saturday afternoons “making out” during both movies. First-run movies that I saw there were, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE BODY SNATCHERS, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, and BYE BYE BIRDIE, to name a few. Other great movie theatres in Orange and East Orange were THE EMBASSY, THE PALACE, THE ORMONT, and THE REALTO, all on Main Street, and the STANLEY, on South Orange Avenue. These were great thrills and fun days!
I’m glad to see that the “Hollywood” name has been retained for the new Hollywood Cinemas. As a college professor I will take my communications course students on a field trip to the new Hollywood and seat them in the very auditorium that was the original theatre where I use to go. It’s an important lesson on how communities can restore and preserve their cultural treasures.
This is a dream come true! Having grown up in East Orange during the 1950s and 1960s I have fond memories of Saturday afternoon double feature matinees for 25 cents at the Hollywood Theatre. It was there that I saw 3-D movies with the 3-D glasses suppied by the theatre. It was there that I attended the Christmas eve shows that featured two movies plus 25 Warner Brothers cartoons. And of course, it was there that as teenagers my sweetheart and I would spend Saturday afternoons “making out” during both movies. First-run movies that I saw there were, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE BODY SNATCHERS, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, and BYE BYE BIRDIE, to name a few. Other great movie theatres in Orange and East Orange were THE EMBASSY, THE PALACE, THE ORMONT, and THE REALTO, all on Main Street, and the STANLEY, on South Orange Avenue. These were great thrills and fun days!
I’m glad to see that the “Hollywood” name has been retained for the new Hollywood Cinemas. As a college professor I will take my communications course students on a field trip to the new Hollywood and seat them in the very auditorium that was the original theatre where I use to go. It’s an important lesson on how communities can restore and preserve their cultural treasures.