Frank Theatres Towne Stadium 16
6733 E. Black Horse Pike,
Egg Harbor Township,
NJ
08234
6733 E. Black Horse Pike,
Egg Harbor Township,
NJ
08234
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A chronology of the Atlantic City region’s 70mm presentations history has recently been published. The Towne 12/16 gets some mentions in the piece.
Four screens on July 6th, 1973. 1986 and 1987 grand opening ads posted.
Opened on October 17th, 1969.
Towne Twin opening 16 Oct 1969, Thu Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
16 screens on December 25th, 1987.
8 screens, listed as Complex II opened on July 18th, 1986, with one of its new screens showing Aliens II in 70MM - 6 track.
Demolished 2022 per streetview.
Jaws played here all summer in 1975. The Atlantic Drive In which was part of the complex closed at the end of the 73 season as did many Atlantic City theaters.
Can we get some kind of update on what’s going on here? The last thing I heard, several years ago, was that Al Frank passed away. I’m a former film projectionist & worked here between the end of 1986 to (probably) late 1990. Just curious - whatever happened to Eric Horn, huh?
Egg Harbor Twp. (Cardiff). Not Egg Harbor City.
I heard the Towne Complex is for sale. I think the only Frank Theatre remaining open is the CineBowl & Grille in Delray Beach Florida.
Closed for remodeling according to Frank Theatres. https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/frank-theatres-says-towne-to-reopen-with-new-name-look/article_5f81797e-7f70-5028-9918-d2cc1f9af978.html
This theater is not listed on the Frank Theatres website.Is it closed?
Jersey Shore Hurricane News had an article that this theatre is scheduled to close due to the Frank Theatre bankruptcy.
Uploaded an 1970 aerial photo. it was part of a drive-in.
Good Luck Nick Joseph running this joint! I know you were trained well!
i like towne 16 the best because they have stadium seating.
towne 16 used to have coke when they first opened, today they have pepsi.
Nice booth photo Crazy Bob.
Marion,did you purchase a ticket or Sneak in 100 times!
I took my seven year old niece to see “Pocahontas” at the Towne in the mid 1990s. It was a matinee in the middle of the summer. I think every kid in Atlantic County was at the theater that afternoon. It was a zoo.
I saw War of the Worlds here a few years back, and can still remember how great the sound was for such an old theater. The picture was horrible, though.
I remember when it was the Towne Twin. It opened in Oct. 1969. The booth had Super Simplex & Peerless arc lamps. It was the first time I saw automated change overs. I must have watched Easy Rider a thousand times! It became the Towne 4 in 1973. That was the first time I ran platters. Below is a pic I took in September 1978. The next day the peeless came out to be replaced with Christe Xenolites. The sound system was University 35 watt mono.
http://doctorgrooveband.com/1978towne4.JPG