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GaryChadwick commented about Pearl River Theater on Jun 12, 2006 at 6:55 pm

The “Granada Theater” in Pearl River, New York, was renamed the “CENTRAL THEATER” at some time prior to 1959. The Central Theater remained its name till 1964, when a fire destroyed much of the structure. While the building was being reconstructed, another theater was built and opened up the street, stealing the “CENTRAL” name. When the “PR” or “PEARL RIVER THEATER” opened its doors in 1965, some changes had occurred to the structure. The original theater lost half it’s lobby to a Barber Shop. The concession stand moved from behind the loge to the front of the building. The stagewas rendered unusable due to a short sighted archetect, who placed
the major portion of the airconditioning unit behind the screen.
The dressing rooms were pretty much in tact,though only used for storage, when I worked there the summer of 1971. At the time that I was an usher there, the theater was owned and operated by the “TRU-DEB THEATER CORPORATION…they also operated the CENTRAL THEATER up the street. The NEW PEARL RIVER THEATER opened its doors to show Disney’s "That Darn Cat"starring Dean Jones and Haley Mills in 1965.