Carlton Theatre
11 N. Main Street,
Pleasantville,
NJ
08232
11 N. Main Street,
Pleasantville,
NJ
08232
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Functions: Workshop
Previous Names: Hubin's Theatre
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The Hubin’s Theatre was opened in 1912 and closed in the early-1920’s. It reopened as the Carlton Theatre on June 12, 1925. In 1929 it was taken over by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. In the 1950’s many local kids called it the “bug house”. The Carlton Theatre was closed in 1955.
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Herbert Niewender
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It was before my time, but the building was still there in the 70’s. It was accross the street a little from the Rialto. I think that it was a liquior store?
I went to the Carlton before it closed. They featured low-budget westerns, at least at the kids' matinees. At one point, probably early ‘50’s, they put up a sign saying they were closing for renovations, but never reopened. — There was also a Park Theater in Pleasantville on South Main Street near Frambes Ave, which was converted into a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall.
I guess it was a closed building for a while, with no clue that it was a theater. Too bad I missed that one.
Specifically, the Rialto was south of Washington Ave, next to (south) of the Mainland Bank, which was on the corner of Main & Wash. The Carlton was north of Washington on the opposite side of Main St. The liquor store (which is still there) is a couple doors further north.
Right, because directly across from the Rialto is a cemetery that has been there for as long as I can remember.
Sorry Ken. The Rialto was on Main Street. The cemeteries are several blocks west out Washington Ave. I still get down to P'ville regularly to visit family.
I left P'Ville in 1958 and the Carlton had been closed for several years by then. We kids used to use the old projection room as a hangout.
Great photo! As late as 2001 or so it was a photo studio, with original ceiling and offices above the box office area.
Opened by Frank B. Hubin in 1912 for $25,000 as a silent photoplay house, the city directory listed it at 7 North Main Street in Pleasantville . The 625-seat cinema was renamed the Carlton Theatre in 1929 and would became a Warner house.
The Hubins closed in the early 1920s and reopened as the Carlton on June 12, 1925, not in 1929, as the description seems to infer.