Calvin Theatre

22168 Michigan Avenue,
Dearborn, MI 48124

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on September 13, 2014 at 2:15 am

The April 25, 1941, issue of The Film Daily said that Detroit architect Ted Rogvoy was working on a remodeling project for Wiseter & Westman’s Calvin Theatre in Dearborn.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 6, 2008 at 5:01 pm

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

johnlauter
johnlauter on April 2, 2006 at 8:28 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 6:24 pm

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

sdoerr
sdoerr on July 20, 2004 at 6:15 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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