County Cinema

114 Kings Highway,
Fairfield, CT 06825

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Architects: Leonard Asheim

Functions: Factory

Previous Names: Brooklawn Theater

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County Cinema

The Brooklawn Theatre opened on June 2, 1937. It was remodeled as the County Cinema on October 5, 1961. The County Cinema operated until March 1989.

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 18, 2009 at 1:01 am

The Brooklawn was showing Hungarian films in 1958, according to this ad in the Bridgeport Post:
http://tinyurl.com/ojofyl

barrygoodkin
barrygoodkin on August 2, 2009 at 5:05 pm

The theatre opened as the Brooklawn on June 2, 1937. Leonard Asheim was the architect. It was remodelled as reopened as the County on October 5, 1961. It closed in March 1989 and was converted for commercial use.

haroldk
haroldk on August 23, 2019 at 10:44 pm

I worked there as an usher from 1979 to 1982. The upstairs projectionist booth was haunted.

Roger James Smith
Roger James Smith on November 15, 2020 at 9:59 am

https://goo.gl/maps/tbvKdouF9rAmDZa37

rivest266
rivest266 on June 17, 2024 at 5:42 pm

1961 grand opening ad posted.

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