Grand Theatre
E. Harding Highway,
Woodstown,
NJ
08098
E. Harding Highway,
Woodstown,
NJ
08098
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Originally the Woodstown Opera House which burnt down on April 27, 1939 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The front of the Woodstown Opera House survived the fire and it was given a Streamline Moderne style makeover, and new auditorium was built in the same style. It opened as the Grand Theatre on February 2, 1940. It was closed on February 28, 1981 with Jamie Lee Curtis in “Halloween 2” & Burt Reynolds in “Paternity”.
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Old postcard from the 1940s:
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Operated by Milgrim in the late 1960s. Closed and torn down in the 1970s.
Images in America: South Jersey Movie Houses, page 80
Closed on November 26, 1981 with “Paternity”.
The Grand Theatre was the replacement for the burned Opera House Theatre that had been gutted by an April 27, 1939 blaze. Though that left the opera house’s exterior intact, new architectural plans were drawn up for a streamline moderne moviehouse.
The Grand opened Feb. 2, 1940. The venue survived into the 1980s. It lost its lease to the property owner - a local bank - which terminated the lease for demolition and the subsequent creation of a drive-through banking facility. The Grand Theatre closed November 28, 1981 with “Halloween 2: The Nightmare Isn’t Over.” Argumentatively, it was over.