Berkley Theatre
2990 W. 12 Mile Road,
Berkley,
MI
2990 W. 12 Mile Road,
Berkley,
MI
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Opened in 1940, the Art Moderne Berkley could seat 851 and screened first run features. Its sleek and curving facade featured a tall vertical marquee with the theater’s name on each side.
By the late 70s, the Berkley had switched over to second-run fare. In the early 90s, the theater was showing a mixture of first and second-run films.
Unfortunately, this beautiful neighborhood movie house has since closed.
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Bryan Krefft
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This is a 2007 photo of the Berkley Theater.
Another photo of the Berkley Theater can be seen here.
Here is a more recent photo of the Berkley Theater.
This is a 2008 view of the Berkley Theater.
A 2003 photo is here.
LM, if you map the location it looks like the Rite Aid Pharmacy built at the end of the block and is using the stage area as part of the drug store. The theatre entrance is still there but at the other end of the block.
Chuck….According to the text included with the photo that I linked to, “The drugstore is entered at the screen end of the gutted auditorium at the other end of the block, and they preserved the old facade as a fancy "current events” billboard. Some old theater seats and other artifacts are on display in the drugstore’s entry."
1979 Photo
1984 Night Photo
this is the theatre I started my usher life at. richard komer sold it to rite aid. Komer owned the theatre and the shops that were in front of the theatre. He used to rent them out. there was a resale shop and a baseball card place there at one time. Rite aid opened up out the back of the 851 seat theatre. the box office, concession area and the doors to the theatre were preserved and can been seen along with 2 seats from the theatre when you walk by the front.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yj3mwqm