Shore Theatre
1831 Atlantic Avenue,
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401
1831 Atlantic Avenue,
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401
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The Cinema Theatre was opened by Harry I. Waxman on June 29, 1940 with Loretta Young in “The Doctor Takes a Wife”. On March 28, 1952 it was renamed Shore Theatre. and listed in 1956, 1961, and 1970 Film Daily Yearbooks. Additionally listed in the 1961 FDY as part of Fox Theatres. Additionally listed in the 1970 FDY as part of G.G. Theatres. It was last operated by Hamid Theatres who closed it in 1973.
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This theater should be listed as demolished. The portion of the block where the Shore was located, is now occupied by a large steam and water supply plant, built in 1998 by a company called Conectiv. The facility is shown in the street view above, and is called the Midtown Thermal Control Center.
Did “West Side Story” have a roadshow run at this venue?
m00se1111… It’s unclear to me if you are being genuine or snarky. My query was not a request for tips on how to conduct research (and you’d know this if you were familiar with my hundreds of articles and thousands of internet postings). Anyway, 1962 is the year in question (not 1961). And moreover the NJ State Library does not in fact possess the Atlantic City newspaper for the relevant timeframe.
Closed by Hamid Theatres in 1973.
Renamed Shore on March 28th, 1952. Grand opening ad posted.
Opened as Cinema on June 29th, 1940.
Cinema opening 29 Jun 1940, Sat Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
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Question: What’s the oldest theater in America to have the “Cinema” name?
This theater was another Hamid theater with no masking or curtains
A Cinema theatre opened in December 1929 in Chicago, IL, 50s SNIPES.
Neat! Thanks Rivest!