Movie Theatres of old New Haven, CT

When I saw the picture of the Bijou theater, my heart skipped a beat. I'm 93 and I used to shine shoes on the corner across the street. Right in front of the Schulte cigar Store. There was a classic wooden cigar store indian right next to my spot on that corner. You can't see it, but there was a shoe repair and hat blocking store right next to the Bijou where I also shined shoes. I lived about 5 blocks from the city center. Broadway shows always opened first in the Schubert Theater on College St. New Haven was a great little city because it was not only a manufacturing town but Yale University occupied a good section of it. Jobs were plentiful and all immigrant factions got along so well with each other. I will now view the rest of this video. Hope I can contain myself. Never thought I would live out my remaining years on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. Just viewed the rest of the video. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Just remembered Charlie Chaplin silent movie in the Bijou. An organist played the organ on stage according to the scenes on the screen.

So cool to see! My great-grandfather Morris 'Maury" Nunes and his wife Jennie owned many Theatres in New Haven, including the Shubert and Whalley Theatres but I know they had a hand in many others. When my grandfather Myron 'Mickey' Nunes was a teenager he worked as an usher at the Whalley.

So great. I am from New Haven and this was like a walk through my childhood. Much appreciated.

Really glad to see that you included the Rivoli on Campbell Avenue, West Haven.Saturday matinees, in the 50's, followed by sodas or shakes, next door at the Rivoli Sweet shop. It sure helped that I was friends with the owner's daughter...;)

this is incredibly up my alley

Milford Drive Inn! Ah! Been both Driver and in the Trunk!

My family lived there for four generations, so this was familiar to my grandparents and uncles generation

My grandfather owned the branford theatre I can remember going with him and being the only one in the theatre he would have the projectionist put a movie on and I would get a bowl pop corn candy what ever I wanted and enjoy the show or I would help the projection guy load up the reels and test run the film set up

On any given Saturday afternoon, I and my friends were at the Loews or the College or the Roger Sherman theater, when we were in grammar school or junior high school. We got there by bus from Westville mostly.

Our family owns the old Cameo Theater in West Haven 495 Campbell Avenue (It appears at the 35 second mark on this video) . We turned it into a men's clothing store in 1977. I wold love to see someone or some group buy it from us and turn it into a theater again

Thanks for the great photos, I remember the Paramount theater it was beautiful inside as were most all of them back then. I also remember the Grand theater on Grand ave., seen many westerns on Saturday's I went to quite a few of them in the late 50's. It is a shame they are all gone now.

OMG. SMH grew up in West Haven that took the bus to New Haven. Remember a lot of these all except the ones in Savin rock.

Awesome! A melancholic reminder that it's not only the pictures that got small, but also the theaters. I so miss the York Square. Wonder how many left in the phone book?- oh wait, no more, telephone books, either!!

Thanks for the memories Mark.Tad Proshansky

The Hyperion theater at 3:23 in video looks so familiar. I seem to recall going to a theater that was down a narrow alley like that in 70's or early 80's, Anyone know where that was located any what the place in 70's - 80's may have been?

New haven ct was like a mini New York City back in the day

that guy Lee really screwed NH huh?

I had forgotten about York Square. I had no idea there were so many at Savin Rock. Off topic, but I'd love to see an overlay of the 60s Savin Rock aligned with today. My clearest memories are of the race track, boat rides, fun house, merry go round (brass ring one time), Jimmy's (not a very good place in recent times), and a roller coaster (first and last time on one, ever).

Fairmont still there lol damn good old forest

GREAT COLLECTION.....REALLY ENJOYED IT!  .... IT IS HARD TO FIND PHOTOS OF THE 'POST DRIVE-IN' AND CAPITOL THEATER IN EAST HAVEN......