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Stagecrafters at The Baldwin Theatre, Royal Oak, MI; The Whiting (auditorium), Flint; Tipping Point Theatre, Northville; City of Detroit: References. This page was ...
W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc. was an American operator of vaudeville theaters and later movie theaters in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Beginning in the early 1900s, "Colonel" Walter Scott Butterfield expanded his business from one vaudeville house in Battle Creek in 1906 to 114 cinemas across Michigan in 1942. [ 1 ]
“Parasite,” which made Oscar history in 2020 as the first international film to win best picture, is back in theaters with an IMAX re-release. Finally, for filmgoers in Los Angeles, ...
MJR Theatres was created in 1980 by Mike Mihalich with the acquisition of Main Theatre (sold in 1997 and now known as the Main Art Theatre) in Royal Oak, Michigan. The name MJR was taken from their original slogan Movies Just Right. During the 1980s and 1990s, the company purchased several theaters and drive-ins in Michigan.
Goodrich Theater NewCo, LLC. (GQT Movies, formerly GQTI) is a chain of 22 movie theaters, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, representing a total of 174 screens in the United States. The majority of GQT Movies' locations are in Michigan, but other locations could be found in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
Celebration Cinema is a movie theater chain owned and operated by Studio C (formerly known as Loeks Theatres, Inc.) with headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Its theaters serve the cities and surrounding areas of Grand Rapids, Lansing , Muskegon , Benton Harbor/St. Joseph , Portage/Kalamazoo , and Mount Pleasant .
During World War II, like many theaters in the area, the Fox operated 24 hours a day to accommodate defense plant workers on afternoon and evening shifts. The theater routinely grossed $75,000 a week when admission was 35 cents. In 1953, the theater was the first in Michigan equipped for CinemaScope and premiered the epic picture The Robe. [4] [5]
The Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre & Diner is a historic drive-in theater with a concession stand in Honor, Michigan, on US Highway 31 (US 31). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It opened on July 4, 1953, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and was one of seven remaining drive-in theaters in Michigan in 2003. [ 6 ]