Clinton Point Theatre
189 Center Street,
Clinton,
NJ
08809
189 Center Street,
Clinton,
NJ
08809
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The Clinton Point Theatre closed with “A Fish Called Wanda” as its final film, and was last managed by Joe Freiwald and Bessie Hermanowski (one of the employees there was her deaf 11-year-old daughter). Several of the employees there had very emotional moments after its final showing.
During its final months of operation, the then-Mayor of Clinton, Robert Nulman, took a stroll inside the Clinton Point Theatre just to feel close to his son Daniel who previously worked as a candy salesman as a teenager, but unfortunately he died from his injuries from a vehicle accident in 1987.
According to the article, a couple of sections read that the Clinton Point Theatre opened in 1935 and closed on September 29, 1988.
Article on the closing in September 1988 in the photos section.
Closed in September 1988.
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2016/03/what_was_playing_in_hunterdon_county_movie_theatre.html#incart_river_index
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/08/obituary_phyllis_ryman_black_f.html#incart_river
According to this article, the deceased was the first female theater manager in NJ when she managed the Clinton Point Theater starting in 1941.
anyone know what was the last movie shown there?
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1988 photo
This theater was run by Tri-County theaters along with the Barn in Frenchtown and the Hunterdon in Flemington. The Clinton Point building was demolished and a bank built in its place on pretty much the same location on the lot.