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Bowling Casino |
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Sometime around 1907 |
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Theatre Interior |
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Don't know the date. Sometime after 1923 and before 1955. Probably the mid 1920's. |
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New Moorlyn marquee |
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The first marquee of several |
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Lobby entrance |
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Decorated for Christmas, this later became the outer lobby area with a candy stand installed between the columns |
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1927 Program for Tender Hour |
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Upstairs is "Ocean City's Finest Dance Floor" |
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After the fire |
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The Moorlyn was intact, but the boardwalk would be rebuilt much further out from where it was. The Moorlyn would be moved, leaving a parking lot between it and the house that sat behind it. |
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New Boardwalk leaves Moorlyn behind |
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1928 View from the new boardwalk shows that the Moorlyn is now some distance back. Simms, on the left, has already been moved up. |
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Moving Day |
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Moving the Moorlyn to the new boardwalk, 1929 |
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Aerial view of 1st Strand and Moorlyn |
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I believe this is July 4th, 1929 because the Moorlyn has moved, so it is after 1928, and the postmark is 1930. Plus, the area behind the Moorlyn does not have any parking and looks like it was just vacated. |
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July 1929 |
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You can see the Moorlyn (relocated) in the distance, but this image can be dated to July 8-10, 1929 when The Girl in the Glass Cage played at the Strand |
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1932 Box office Statement |
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This is the movie shown in the snow picture |
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1935 view |
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The Moorlyn is now connected to the new boardwalk |
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1981 |
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The letters MOORLYN are blinking on and off |
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Twinned |
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The larger of the two auditoriums, 1981. The theatre was divided around 1970 |
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Larger auditorium |
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Closed balcony visible |
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Auditorium |
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Although a twin, this side was still pretty large |
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Stairway |
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The inner lobby (1970's, 80's) had the stairway to the balcony. This space was inside the auditorium before the theatre was twinned. |
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Projectors |
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Strong Excelites with Simplex XL heads, 1980's |
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Winter |
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Moorlyn closed for winter, 1980's |
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Projection room |
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Winterized, 1980's |
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Ballroom entrance |
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The upstairs "Casino Club" had been unused for decades, but was still there and used for storage. Stairs led up to six apartments |
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Casino Club interior, 1980's |
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Rather worn, but you could still see the wainscoting and the panel of knife switches for the fixtures long gone |
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Casino Club bandstand |
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The stage shown here was used for entertainment. The "ballroom" as we called it, once overlooked the boardwalk. The tall windows were covered over in the 1950's |
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Casino Club interior |
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It was a large room |
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Casino Club interior |
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Ventilation ducts were installed in the unused ballroom in 1941 |
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Moorlyn II projector, 1981 |
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After dividing the theatre into two houses, the new projectors were automated with a PEC 1000 automation (2 projectors, 1-hour reels) |
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1980 |
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Lots of neon to be maintained |
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Fake picture of single auditorium |
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I have no picture of the Moorlyn interior just before it was twinned, but if I did, it would look like this--made from a doctored picture from after the twin-ing. |
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Bowling Alley windows |
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are visible after the siding is removed from the Moorlyn |
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Bowling Alley windows |
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Compare the two views |
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Shore Fast Line |
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Once the front half of the building was gone, you could see the sign that was painted on the adjoining building around 1928, while the Moorlyn sat back behind the new boardwalk for a couple of years before being moved up, covering the sign until now. |
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Shore Fast Line |
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1929 view showing the Shore Fast Line signs, one of which was later covered when the Moorlyn was moved up to the new boardwalk. |
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New Moorlyn Front |
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The new, jumbled appearance of the Moorlyn building. The marquee is gone, the theater entrance is on the side of the building. |
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2004 |
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The "entrance" to the theatre is now on the ramp to the parking lot. |
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%20Moorlyn%20front.jpg "1962")
