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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Michigan » Detroit » Westown Theater

Westown Theater

Detroit, MI
15225 Wyoming
, Detroit, MI, United States
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Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Moderne
Function: Unknown
Seats: 2000
Chain: Wisper & Wetsman
Architect: Charles N. Agree
Firm: Unknown
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The Westown opened in 1936, designed in a French-Moderne hybrid by Detroit-based Charles N. Agree, and featured an unusually extravagant marquee for a neighborhood house.

The theater could seat over 2000, and was part of the Wisper and Westman chain, costing nearly $250,000 to construct.

On its opening night, guests were shown footage of themselves entering the theater before the main feature, a gimmick often used for downtown palaces' opening nights, but unusual for a neighborhood theater.

The Westown closed in 1964, and has since been demolished.
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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Here is a 1936 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3b3h4d
posted by ken mc on Jan 26, 2008 at 9:14pm
The Accusing Finger with Paul Kelly was released in November of 1936.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 27, 2008 at 6:09am
Another photo can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 27, 2008 at 7:09pm
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