Luxor Theater

264 Market Street,
Newark, NJ 07102

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Styles: Egyptian

Previous Names: Luxor Follies

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Luxor Theater

Opened by 1937 as a neighborhood second run house. By 1951 it was an African-American theatre. It became a foreign language (mainly Polish) house in the late-1950’s, ended its days as a porno house called Luxor Follies from May 17, 1963 screening Shelly Martin in “The Nudist Story” (aka “For Members Only”) & “Mating Time”. Demolished to make way for the Gateway Newark office complex.

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RobertR
RobertR on March 24, 2005 at 5:06 am

WOW Newark sure had a lot of theatres in it’s day.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on March 24, 2005 at 5:20 am

There were 48 theatres listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook for Newark.

teecee
teecee on September 18, 2005 at 6:31 am

Listed as a Negro Theater in the 1951 FDY.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 24, 2024 at 11:37 am

Reopened as the Luxor Follies on May 17th, 1963 with “The Nudist Story”. Grand opening ad posted.

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