The Stanley Theater at Journal Square

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T13:31:57Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T13:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-16
dc.descriptionThe glittering copper marquee spans the entrance to the Stanley Theater. When it opened in 1928, The Stanley Theater in Journal Square was one of the greatest old movie palaces and the second-largest on the East Coast, next to Radio City. Presenting both orchestral and stage shows plus Hollywood new releases, it quickly became a cultural hub in the bustling Journal Square neighborhood. A focal point of the lobby is the thirteen-foot crystal chandelier suspended from the second floor. Sourced from New York�s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in the 1920s, it dates to circa 1890, and is illuminated by 144 bulbs that reflect onto 4,500 hanging crystal teardrops. A direct gaze up at it reveals its snowflake shape. The auditorium is literally an acre of seats set in a Venice courtyard, with an 85-foot high Atmospheric style �sky� ceiling. When it opened in 1928, The Stanley Theater was one of the greatest old movie palaces and the second-largest on the East Coast, next to Radio City. The expansive, domed, white plaster, eighty-five-foot ceiling once permitted an open sky effect with a �stars and moving clouds� show that was created by a projecting device�the �Brenkert Brenograph.� Some of the points of light in the ceiling still work today, creating a twinkle-star-like effect. Here theatergoers enter the environment of an evening in Venice with the stage being a replica of the Rialto Bridge.
dc.descriptionOriginal file name The Stanley Collage.jpg
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/137909
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dc.subjectThe Stanley Theater
dc.subjectJack Warner
dc.subjectFrank Hague
dc.subjectMotion Picture Palace
dc.subjectWarner Brothers
dc.subjectMovie Theater
dc.subjectAssembly Hall for Jehovah's Witnesses
dc.subjectJournal Square
dc.subjectThe Lobby of the Stanley Theater
dc.subjectJersey City
dc.subjectHudson County
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectThe Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe Stanley Theater at Journal Square

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