La Parisien Theater

Ford Road and Middlebelt Road,
Garden City, MI 48135

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Shafer Theater

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Built as a single screen house in 1939, called the Shafer Garden City Theater. Remodeled and renamed La Parisien Theater in 1964. Featured rocking chair seats. Later twinned. Closed in the mid-1980’s. It is now an Armed Forces recruitment center.

Contributed by Fredrick Ryan

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lostmemory
lostmemory on December 1, 2008 at 12:23 pm

Modern photos can be seen here.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 4, 2010 at 4:47 pm

An article about the Shafer Theatre, with photos and a floor plan, appeared in Boxoffice of January 6, 1940.

Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on July 22, 2012 at 11:47 am

Replaced by La Parisien in this 1964 trade article: Boxoffice

Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on September 3, 2012 at 10:21 am

Refreshed link to the 1940 multi-page trade article describing the Shafer: Boxoffice

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