Loew's Troy Hills
Route 46 and S. Beverwyck Road,
Parsippany,
NJ
07054
Route 46 and S. Beverwyck Road,
Parsippany,
NJ
07054
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The Lowes In Parsippany was a 35mm only house with NO magnetic heads/or digital equipment. I worked there part-time and it was a great booth to work in and I never heard about any problems with equipment (besides the bulb burning out). The projectionist kept the booth in great shape and was a professional.
Both Loew’s Incorporated and Loews (the other Loews that was merged in 2008) operated this theater throughout its entire history until Loews closed its doors for the final time on October 31, 1989. The last attractions were “Black Rain” at Screen 1 and “Sea Of Love” at Screen 2. However, a message that reads “call your local theater for schedule” remains throughout November of that year.
Opened with Walt Disney’s “The Ugly Dachshund” and “Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree”.
Petco now occupies this space, not Amazing Savings.
StanMalone the projectors in the photo are Simplex XL projectors. You can tell by the black color and the light switch on the projector head door. Loews probably did the same thing here that they did in East Brunswick NJ after twinning. They removed the Century projectors which were 35/70 and replaced them with 35 year old Simplexes.
Disney released a 35mm print of said movie. Wonder if future movies that played in 70mm here were mentioned.
Is the building in existence or has it been torn down for the bank or APPLEBEE’s?
Dallas: I have a question regarding your comment of 6/17/19. I am no researcher so I am not claiming to know, but I find it hard to believe that there was ever a 70MM print of The Ugly Dachshund. Even if there was, Loews was a Union operation and I can not imagine them paying the bill for two projectionists which would have been required for any 70MM run. Could it be that the promotional material for this location promoted its 70MM projection without actually saying that the movie itself was presented in 70MM? I have seen ads for 35MM presentations stating something like….“See It On Our Giant 70MM Screen.” Maybe it was something like that.
The pictures of the booth after twinning appear to show Century 35MM projectors. From the distance and angle they could certainly be 35/70’s, but there are no 70MM mag sound heads on top. In Atlanta when they twinned the Tara which was a 70MM house, only one side retained 70MM capability but they left the sound heads on both projectors. I was also curious about that 10 Channel sound system. Maybe they promoted it as “4 and 6 channel stereo”? Or, maybe they meant 6 channel movie sound and 4 channel intermission music from their 8 track tape player? Just kidding of course.
Anyway, I would be interested in any comment you have on this.
The Loew’s theatre indeed boasted of its 10-channel stereo sound system with “The Ugly Dachshund” as its opening 70mm film on their 60' screen on April 8, 1966.
Architect was Joseph Schuler.
Did this theater have stereo sound?
It wasn’t until 1993 when Loews returned to Morris County with the opening of the East Hanover 12 plex. At one point Loews was to build what would become the AMC Rockaway 16.
How true
tisloews is right having been a theatre manager himself he knows how a beautiful single screen is ruined by throwing the lousy wall down the middle,we all know why,MONEY,still it is a pity to ruin a theatre by twinning or even squezzing more screens in like UA did with my favorite hometown theatre.
Larry might not interest you,but it does to some people.Have a great day.
Why would anyone care whether a movie theater was twinned or not over thirty years ago?
When they twinned it did they cut it in half 500 seats a side.And does anybody have any pictures?
This theatre, I believe, was almost identical in size and style to the Loew’s Route 18 (which also was twinned in 1973) in East Brunswick, N.J.
Loew’s 1973 annual report said that the Troy Hills house was among those slated to be twinned.
A few photos of this theater were published in the May 16, 1966, issue of Boxoffice Magazine. One photo showed that it had a fairly typical curtain-wall auditorium. The caption gave the seating capacity on opening as 1200.
Loews Troy Hills is listed in this 1969 ad for “2001” courtesy of Bill Huelbig:
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Loew’s 1965 annual report lists this as under construction, and scheduled to open in 1966. The 1966 annual report lists it as open.
Didn’t Amazing Savings just close their doors on all their stores, including the closest one in Ledgewood?
No, the General Cinema was the MORRIS HILLS TWIN, in the Morris Hills Shopping Center about 2 miles west on Route 46, where the Clearview Cinema 12 is now. The Loews Troy Hills became the Loews Troy Hills Twin in the late 70’s-early 80’s. It closed somewhere around 1990, give or take a couple of years. The theatre, clearly visible in the shopping center, is now the Amazing Savings store.