RKO Reade's Theatre
2 Woodbridge Avenue,
Highland Park,
NJ
08904
2 Woodbridge Avenue,
Highland Park,
NJ
08904
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Previously operated by: RKO, Walter Reade Theatres
Previous Names: Park Theatre
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The Park Theatre opened in 1926. On August 18, 1944 it was renamed RKO Reade’s Theatre. By 1961 when it closed it had reverted back to the Park Theatre name. It was located at Woodbridge Avenue and S. 6th Street.
A small apartment complex (Highland House) now occupies the site.
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Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s:1941 & 1943 editions as the Park Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,367. By the time the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. was published it was known as the RKO Reade’s Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,053.
Thanks for the tip Ken.
The 1944 FDY also lists this theatre as the Park.
“According to the Highland Park Historical Society, the borough even "marginally supported ” a moviehouse from 1927 to the late 1950s. The 1,400-seat Block’s Park Theatre featured a fountain and an aquarium, and 20-cent matinees.“ extracted from
http://www.highlandparkchamber.com/about.html
Appears in the 1961 FDY under the RKO Theatres listing as the Park Theatre.
Go to the Amazon website. Search the book title “highland park borough of homesâ€. You will see a reproduction of the book cover. Click on it to enlarge it, then click on it a second time to enlarge it further. You will see the RKO Park Theater.
1933 program (movie on cover came out in Dec. 1932):
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This reopened as the RKO Reade’s theatre on August 18th, 1944.
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