Never new that Davis toy store was the old Hippodrome. I do remember Davis and that just up the block – same side – was Ponticorvo fruits and vegetable stand. They later moved to Ridgefield in Bergen County.
In the 50’s,there were matinees every Saturday and kids were charged 25 cents. The Davis Toy Store – just around the corner on Bergenline Ave – would donate some toys that would be raffled off between the double features for the kids. These matinee movies were usually comedies from Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, some Three Stooges, Westerns etc.
Before it was called the Cinema Movie theater, it was called Temple Inn. It was next to a very fancy restaurant that I think was called Dick’s. What I remember best about the Cinema Theater was that it showed Double Feature B movies – never first run – and ticket prices were the lowest in Union City.
Never new that Davis toy store was the old Hippodrome. I do remember Davis and that just up the block – same side – was Ponticorvo fruits and vegetable stand. They later moved to Ridgefield in Bergen County.
In the 50’s,there were matinees every Saturday and kids were charged 25 cents. The Davis Toy Store – just around the corner on Bergenline Ave – would donate some toys that would be raffled off between the double features for the kids. These matinee movies were usually comedies from Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, some Three Stooges, Westerns etc.
Before it was called the Cinema Movie theater, it was called Temple Inn. It was next to a very fancy restaurant that I think was called Dick’s. What I remember best about the Cinema Theater was that it showed Double Feature B movies – never first run – and ticket prices were the lowest in Union City.