Dixie Theatre
5047 Saginaw Street,
Flint,
MI
48505
5047 Saginaw Street,
Flint,
MI
48505
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The Dixie Theatre was involved in the suicide of its then-operator, 34-year-old Dorus H. Forshee, after he intoxicatedly hanged himself inside the projection room on August 11, 1939. It was the manager, Mrs. Alice Ingram, who found the body minutes after notifying that the show was about to start in 30 minutes by sounding a bell.
Forshee was supposed to run Dick Foran’s “Heart Of The North” alongside an unnamed serial, unnamed cartoon, and a newsreel, but the screen remained blank after her 30-minute announcement. She immediately rushed to the projection room but found him hanging. Dr. L.A. Lambert said that he had been dead since around 10 hours prior (or around 9:00 AM that morning). The theater continued operating following the investigation.
Dixie Theater was located near the corner of Saginaw St. and Knickerbocker Ave.
Pulaski Ave. was further down toward downtown Flint.
My siblings and I went to the Dixie Theater often since we lived in the area for years!
Newspaper listings for the Dixie ended in 1954.