Roxy Theatre
11-15 E. Main Street,
Maple Shade,
NJ
08052
11-15 E. Main Street,
Maple Shade,
NJ
08052
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A vaudeville-era theater that showed movies until about 1962. It stood vacant for several years until federal urban renewal money was used to clear the entire block on which it stood in the early 1970s. A post office and a park now occupy the site.
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The Roxy Theatre seated 450 people.
It is amazing how many theatres are named ROXY in imitation of the once famous name of the New York City panjandrum of the movie palace: Samual Lionel Rothapfel = “Roxy”. His namesake was the famous ROXY THEATRE in NYC, which outlasted him by only 25 years when it was demolished in 1960. The whole story is in that landmark book “The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace” by the late Ben M. Hall in 1961. Various editions of it are sometimes available from www.Amazon.com, but only the first edition contains the color plates.
Old photos here:
http://users.rcn.com/densdoor/Photos/Photos10.html
A Page organ was installed in this theater in 1927.
Listed in the 1944 & 1951 FDYs. Listed as part of Milgrim Booking Service, Inc. in the 1961 Film Daily Yearbook.
Another one of JB & Melvin Fox’s theaters.
The property was auctioned off in April 1963:
ROXY THEATRE BUILDING-600 Seats
IN A 100% RETAIL LOCATION
11-15 E. Main Street, Maple Shade, N.J.
Motion Picture Equipment, Projection Booth,
Seats to be Sold Separately or As An Entirety
with Real Estate, Excellent as Operating Theater or other
Commercial Purpose!
INSPECT.: WED., MAR. 27-2 to 4 P.M.
SALE on Premises: TUES., APRIL 2, it 3:30 P.M.