Douglas Auto Theatre
1800 Douglas Avenue,
Kalamazoo,
MI
49007
1800 Douglas Avenue,
Kalamazoo,
MI
49007
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Previously operated by: W.S. Butterfield Theaters Inc.
Previous Names: Auto Theatre
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Opened on April 14, 1955 with Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront”. It was operated by A.O. Ochs who operated it until 1961 and then by Butterfield Theatres until its closing in July of 1985. This ozoner was listed with a 800 car capacity and a single screen. Since closing the theatre has been demolished.
Note: The marquee for the Douglas Auto Theatre is on display at the Henry Ford Museum.
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this will take you to a few photos of the Douglas and 131 Drive ins,,131 was in Plainwell MI
Circa 1955 post card added courtesy Walter Jung. Appears to have been called just Auto Theatre originally.
Opened on April 14th, 1955. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed on September 19, 1985.
A closer address is 1800 Douglas Ave, Kalamazoo, MI.
This puts it right on the property.
The drive-in was still mostly intact in 1999, but by 2005 it had been completely demolished.
Today, IHS Distributing sits on the front (west) part of the property while the rest is undeveloped. However, there is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
The marquee for the distributing company sits at the same location as the drive-in marquee. But the old base for the drive-in marquee was fully removed.
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