Last night we went over to Loew's Landmark Theatre in Jersey City to watch the Hitchcock movie 'To Catch A Thief' on the big screen. As always it was a really great screening and the movie, Grace Kelly's last for Hitchcock, was a lot of fun.
It's so incredibly stunning and beautiful (even though it hasn't been fully restored yet) and I took some photos to share with you :)
It's so incredibly stunning and beautiful (even though it hasn't been fully restored yet) and I took some photos to share with you :)
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| Loew's Jersey City |
Loew's Jersey City opened in 1929, an original 'Movie Palace'.
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| Downstairs Lobby |
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| Upstairs Balcony |
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| View from Upstairs Balcony |
"Acts from Manhattan’s Capitol Theatre regularly toured the Loew’s Jersey. Most of the stars of the early and mid-1930s “trod the boards” at the Loew’s, legendary performers such as Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Jean Harlow, Burns and Allen, Bing Crosby, Bill Robinson, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Cab Calloway, to name just a few."
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| Inside the Auditorium |
"One evening in March 1933, a young and still unknown Frank Sinatra took his date to the Loew’s to see a movie and a live performance by Bing Crosby, who at the time was the nation’s most popular singer. It was there in the Loew’s Jersey’s darkened auditorium watching Crosby on stage -- according to Nancy Sinatra’s biography of her father -- that Frank decided he too could be a singing star."
excerpts are taken from The Landmark Loew's Jersey website
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| Upstairs Balcony Areas |
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| 'Ladies' Restroom |
In 1974 Loew's, Jersey City was turned into a Triplex Cinema with partition walls cutting into the ornate decoration of the auditorium. In 1986, the Movie Palace closed and was due for demolition in 1987. The community came together and in 1993 won the battle to save Loew's. Restoration by volunteers is ongoing,there's still so much to do, and there is a schedule of screenings and events to raise funds for the work.
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| Loew's Jersey City |
We love visiting Loew's and it feels such a privilege to watch classic movies on the big screen and to experience them as intended when they were made.
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