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The Redford's ownership passed to the Goldberg family and their Community Theatre chain in the 1930s. The Motor City Theatre Organ Society purchased the theatre in 1977, and continues to operate and renovate the space, presenting organ shows and classic movies. The theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [3]
John H. Kunsky (1875–1952) was a Detroit area businessman who made his fortune by investing in movie theaters. He later became partners with George W. Trendle and invested in radio. Movie theaters
The old Detroit Opera House on Campus Martius in the early 1900s. Detroit has a long theatrical history, with many venues dating back to the 1920s. [7] The Detroit Fox Theatre (1928) was the first theater ever constructed with built-in film sound equipment.
Opened in 1921 as a grand movie palace and vaudeville live performance venue, the theater was known as the Macomb Theatre until 1987, when it went through a series of name, use and ownership changes. [3] The theatre was designed by noted theater architect, C. Howard Crane, who also designed Detroit's Orchestra Hall and Fox Theatre. [4]
Red Dawn Remake filmed in Detroit and surrounding cities. Renaissance Man, Penny Marshall. 1994. Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines. RoboCop, Paul Verhoeven. 1987. [1] Peter Weller, Nancy Allen. Though set in Detroit, with fly-overs filmed there, the majority of the movie was filmed in Dallas, Texas. (#1 film) RoboCop 2 1990. Mostly filmed in Houston.
The first movie theater in Detroit, the Casino, was opened on Monroe Avenue in 1906 by John H. Kunsky. [7] It was reputedly the second movie theatre in the world, [7] and it propelled Kunsky to a 20-theatre empire worth $7 million in 1929. [7] Later in 1906, Detroit's second movie theatre, the Bijou, opened literally two doors down from the ...
In Detroit they came from work like that. The Eastown — those were pure rock 'n' roll times." [1] The building later became home to an adult movie theatre, Detroit Center for the Performing Arts, and then a church before being abandoned in 2004. [2] In the late 1990s the building became a site for raves, before being taken over by a church ...
Harpos was built in 1939 as the Harper Theatre, an Art Moderne-styled movie theater operated by the Wisper-Westman circuit. Charles N. Agree, the architect of the earlier Grande and Vanity Ballrooms, designed the theatre. Contemporaries of the Harper Theatre included the Westown (1936), the Royal (1940), and the Dearborn (1941), all designed by ...