Calvin Theatre

22168 Michigan Avenue,
Dearborn, MI 48124

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lostmemory
lostmemory on May 8, 2009 at 9:38 am

1979 Photo

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 6, 2008 at 2:57 pm

The same postcard is on the Water Winter Wonderland site.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 6, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Here is a postcard, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/5mnhde

johnlauter
johnlauter on April 2, 2006 at 5:28 pm

The fires that doomed the Calvin were very suspicious in nature, and there was rumor that the city wasn’t exactly disinterested in the theatre’s demise. I was in the Calvin in ‘78, it was a nice house, a little dirty and funky (they all were back then) but the building was all there.

sdoerr
sdoerr on July 20, 2004 at 3:24 pm

Aug. 26 1929: “Talkies” arrive at Calvin Theatre with “Broadway Melody.”

sdoerr
sdoerr on July 20, 2004 at 3:15 pm

The first fire was Sunday, September 21, 1980 at 1:00 p.m. The second fire was Sunday, October 26, 1980 at 1:00 a.m.

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The site is now a Buddy’s Pizza