The State Theater in Jersey City
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2011-02-07
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The State Theatre opened on April 24, 1922 with Lilian Gish & Dorothy Gish in �Orphans of the Storm� plus vaudeville acts on the stage. It was designed by architect Percie A. Vivarttas with a classic Greek temple-inspired exterior and a refined Colonial or Adamesque interior. This was a large 2,169-seat theatre which had a very large mezzanine lounge. Against one wall of this lounge, the movie was projected by means of a mirror system from the projection booth.
There was also a hole in the center part of the floor of the lounge which looked out upon the orchestra audience below. This theatre had one of the largest Moeller organs ever installed in any theatre, its console had 4 manuals. The theatre also contained a music and dance school at one time.
Original file name 356 The State 2 copy.jpg
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The State, The State Theater, Movie Palace, Movie Theater, Journal Square, Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, The Gateway Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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