I was an employee of the Royal on the day she closed. She was run by Blumenfeld Theatres and ran first run movies . The last films shown were Blues Brothers 2 which was attended by James Brown, and for the last three days she was open we showed Boogie Nights.
Eddie died in I believe in 1992, Russell worked there until the end. I was hired by Eddie, and worked as the assistant Manager until it closed.
I have some very old photos of the Royal Theater. If you would like them e-mail me at
I was an employee of the Royal on the day she closed. She was run by Blumenfeld Theatres and ran first run movies . The last films shown were Blues Brothers 2 which was attended by James Brown, and for the last three days she was open we showed Boogie Nights.