Fabian Theatre
69 Newark Street,
Hoboken,
NJ
07030
69 Newark Street,
Hoboken,
NJ
07030
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Previously operated by: Fabian Theaters, Stanley-Warner Theatres, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Architects: Fred Wesley Wentworth
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Opened on August 2, 1928 with John Gilbert in “The Cossacks” on the screen, and Renee Adoree and big-time vaudeville on the stage. It was operated by Stanley-Fabian Theatres. It was equipped with a Wurlitzer organ. The Fabian Theatre lasted almost four decades before it was closed and demolished in 1965.
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William Gabel
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….allen freed rock and roll show in 1956 at the fabian theatre it was great .i was there …little richard..and many other rock stars .any one out there remember that show ?? let me know …bobby slezak e- mail
A Wurlitzer organ, opus 1905, was installed in this theater on 7/9/1928.
Old photos:
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Thanks TC. I always wondered what it looked like and how it was situated. To think that was replaced by a seedy Shop Rite and its parking lot. Criminal(which I’m sure it was.)
Now its a CVS and Barnes and Noble and parking lot. The basement is a New York Sports Club which I imagine for the Fabian was a lower lounge.
Hi my name is Bill Erbis I was an employee of Fabian Theatres Corp. The Fabian although I didn’t know of it was named after the Fabian family of NYC. I think it later became part of the Stanley Warner Theatres. Which was owned and operated by Simon Fabian. Oh to go back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dish Night at the Fabian. December 15, 1959:
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Monster Screamiere Tonight at the Fabian! September 14, 1957:
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This site has pictures of the Fabian, inside and out: http://hoboken411.com/archives/36466. It was replaced by a supermarket.
I’m trying to confirm a personal appearance by the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly Joe DeRita), along with Officer Joe Bolton, probably in 1959, at the Fabian. A display ad would be helpful, too.
Thanks,
Frank Reighter
Grand opening ad posted. Opened August 2nd, 1928
On January 2, 1940, a double-feature showing of “Four Wives” and “Big Guy” turned into an emergency medical scene after a 41-year-old Hoboken laborer suffered a fatal heart attack and died inside the theater’s auditorium without noticing its condition. Moviegoers saw the male victim with his chin resting on his chest, thinking that he was asleep. One person tried to rouse him but was unable to do it. A medical personnel identified the man, Pasquale Monacelli, who was born in Italy.