I used to take the Public Service #1 bus from Rochelle Park every Saturday morning to the Oritani Theater. Sometimes they would show 10-15 cartoons, followed by episodes of Flash Gorden, and the Rocket Man. They used to draw ticket numbers out of a box between movies (double features), bring the winners up on stage, and award prizes. I remember winning a dartboard the same day I hid under the seat after the matinee so I could watch “Peyton Place,“ adults only! I distinctly remember seeing Frankenstien, Macabre, House On the Haunted Hill, Pyscho, and other great films. There’s no telling how many sweethearts I tried to romance there later in life. I’m saddened to hear that a parking lot replaced a place so full of treasured memories.
Someone should step up to saving these historic theaters, and preserve them for the next generation. Personally, I would pay three time the price of admission to be able to sit in such a fabulous place.
Formerly from Paramus, NJ
Now from Marin County, CA
I used to take the Public Service #1 bus from Rochelle Park every Saturday morning to the Oritani Theater. Sometimes they would show 10-15 cartoons, followed by episodes of Flash Gorden, and the Rocket Man. They used to draw ticket numbers out of a box between movies (double features), bring the winners up on stage, and award prizes. I remember winning a dartboard the same day I hid under the seat after the matinee so I could watch “Peyton Place,“ adults only! I distinctly remember seeing Frankenstien, Macabre, House On the Haunted Hill, Pyscho, and other great films. There’s no telling how many sweethearts I tried to romance there later in life. I’m saddened to hear that a parking lot replaced a place so full of treasured memories.
Someone should step up to saving these historic theaters, and preserve them for the next generation. Personally, I would pay three time the price of admission to be able to sit in such a fabulous place.
Formerly from Paramus, NJ
Now from Marin County, CA