THE ESSEX FILM CLUB OF NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. 1939-1992......75 YEARS AND STILL GOING!!!


THIS SITE IS DEVOTED TO MY FATHER,BOB LEE,FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE ESSEX FILM CLUB,WAS A SELF-CONFESSED "FILM NUT".THE CLUB AND ITS THEATER WERE HIS "LABORS OF LOVE". 


   
PHOTO AT RIGHT,MY DAD AND MINTA DURFEE (MRS FATTY ARBUCKLE)AT THE CLUB'S HEADQUARTERS, ABOUT 1973.


  • For 44 years out of the 53,The Essex Film Club was located at 263 Harrison St. Nutley New Jersey,and never missed a show.
  • THE CLUB WAS ACTIVE FROM 1939 TO 1992.
  • DAD PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 3,1992 ON HIS WAY HOME FROM A PART TIME JOB AS MANAGER OF THE RAMSEY THEATER IN RAMSEY,NEW JERSEY.HE WAS 81 YEARS OLD.I MISS HIM DEARLY,HIS SON,DONALD LEE..........PLEASE USE THE LINKS BELOW AND E-MAIL THE CLUB,WE WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU......