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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Michigan » Detroit » Detroit Film Theatre

Detroit Film Theatre

Detroit, MI
5200 Woodward Avenue
, Detroit, MI, United States
(map)
Status: Open/Renovating
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Renaissance Revival
Function: Movies (Classic), Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)
Seats: 1150
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Paul Phillipe Cret
Firm: Unknown
Detroit Film Theatre
Recent view of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which houses the Detroit Film Theatre
Photo courtesy of Greg Kacir/Detroit Pix
Part of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which opened in 1927, the 1150-seat Film Theatre, designed in elegant Renaissance style, has been screening classic, foreign and independent features for 28 years now.

The auditorium's original layout was at least in part by C. Howard Crane, though the final design went to Paul Phillipe Cret after Albert Kahn, a trustee at the DIA, turned down an offer to design the theater.

Kahn was ultimately not pleased with several features of Cret's auditorium, however, once it was completed.

The theater's color scheme is ivory, gold and red.

Dolby sound was added in 1979, and in 1987, a nearly half million dollar restoration restored some of the theater's original glory, though today is undergoing another renovation, along with the rest of the DIA, which is to last until 2005. However, the Film Theatre is remaining open.

A cafe operates today on the balcony level, in the Crystal Gallery, before and after the feature.

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Detroit Film Theatre (Official)
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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