Majestic Theater
293 Main Street,
Paterson,
NJ
07505
293 Main Street,
Paterson,
NJ
07505
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Independent Theater Service Inc.
Architects: Charles E. Sleight
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News About This Theater
- Dec 24, 2008 — Paterson Cinema News
The Majestic Theater opened November 28, 1910 with vaudeville and movies presentened on the Majestoscope. It was located right across from the U.S. Theater on upper Main Street in Paterson. For many years had triple features (mainly cowboy films) and later switched to Spanish films before it’s demise.
Probably demolished in the 1970’s.
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Listed as open in the 1944 FDY. Listed in the 1961 FDY as part of Triangle-Liggett Theatre Service.
Listed as part of Independent Theater Service, Inc. in the 1956 Film Daily Yearbook.
Built by Max Gold in 1910. From 1910 to 1926 vaudeville only. In 1926 the primary focus switched to movies but live vaudeville continued until 1952. A photo can be found on page 62 of Images of America: Downtown Paterson.
My Dad worked at the Majestic Theatre in Paterson NJ as an usher from 1944 to 46 before joining the army. I still have his usher uniform. I also have some old pictures of him in his uniform. Fancy blue jacket with big brass Warner Brothers buttons on it. He had some good stories about that theatre. He used to talk about Lou Martin too. Said he changed his name from Guinsberg. If anyone is interested in it I have it listed on eBay. I would love to have a collector own it. It is a real peice of history. Click on address and check it out. View link
Does anyone remember the State Theater in Paterson?
Lou Martin was my grandfather. He changed his last name from Ginsberg back in the early 1940s, and he died in 1963. As a child I used to sit on the ticketseller’s lap and push the buttons to make the tickets come out. The Majestic Theatre was showing horror films all the time then (late 50s), and I was afraid to watch them. That’s why I would spend my time with the ticketseller, or else wandering backstage behind the screen or downstairs in the office.
What beautiful memories this Theater holds dear to me. As a young girl of maybe 11 or 12 in the late 40’s I danced for an Accordion Band called Tom Brino’s band and we would perform at the theater during intermission time. My girlfriend also danced for him and she also sang. We also performed on East Side High School stage too. Man, that was a long time ago. A lot of the theaters back then had shows like the vaudeville days.
Andrew Craig Morrison’s Theatres says that the Majestic was built in 1910, and designed by Paterson architect Charles E. Sleight. Sleight designed at least one other theater in Paterson. His son, Alfred E. Sleight, designed the Plaza Theatre, built in 1921.
Announcement:
Majestic theatre announcement Thu, Jan 6, 1910 – 1 · The News (Paterson, New Jersey, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
Grand opening ad posted.