Ironbound is such a small part of Newark that's amazing to think that Ferry Street alone had two movie-houses in the 1930s & 1940s.
the Rivoli Theater was where Leslie Furniture stands today... it must've been shut in the 1950s.
Rivoli Theater on 208 Ferry Street, Newark, N.J.
208 Ferry Street - Newark, N.J. - 28 February 1926 - The Rivoli Theatre
Rivoli on 208 Ferry Street, Newark, N.J. - 'The Mummy' released on 22 December 1933.
172 Ferry Street - Ironbound Theatre turns into PIC Theatre on 15 October 1946.
PIC Theatre opened its new phase with a last-year-movie: 'Story of G.I.Joe' with Robert Mitchum had been released on 18 June 1945;
Double-featured with 'Story of G.I. Joe' was LeRoy Prinz's 'Fiesta', a technicolor extravaganza released on 28 November 1941. Judging by 'Fiesta's plot one may infer that the Ironbound's Iberian-Latin population was on the increase: Don Juan Hernández's niece Cholita (Ann Ayars) returns to her village from Mexico City announcing she will not marry José (Jorge Negrete), her village boyfriend, bur rather the radio star Fernando Gómez (George Givote) who has accompanied her home. José enlists two of his friends to pose as bandits to frighten the arrogant and cowardly Fernando and win Cholita back.
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