Marr Theatre
933 Gratiot Avenue,
Saginaw,
MI
48602
933 Gratiot Avenue,
Saginaw,
MI
48602
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Architects: Samuel C. Allen
Styles: Mayan Revival, Streamline Moderne
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Built by veteran exhibitor George E. Marr, the Marr Theatre opened on February 4, 1938 with Jane Withers in “Wild and Woolly”. Local architect Samuel C. Allen is credited with the design. Ancient Mayan temples were given a modern twist in the exterior and interior decor. All 725 seats were on the ground floor. The Marr Theatre closed on May 14, 1961 with Marlon Brando in “The Wild One”. It went over to retail use. The building still stands, gutted and deteriorating.
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Renovating as what?
There’s no renovation occurring at the Marr. As of August 2023 it was entirely vacant.
Opened February 1938 with “Wild and Woolly”.
Opening: The Marr Theatre welcomed audiences on February 4th, 1938, providing a venue for entertainment, films, and community gatherings.
Closure: Unfortunately, the theater’s curtains fell in 1961, marking the end of an era.
Transformation: In the 1960s, the once-grand theater underwent a drastic transformation. Its interior was gutted, and the space was repurposed into a strip mall.
Abandonment: By 2008, the Marr Theatre had been vacated and left to the elements, standing as a silent witness to its own past.
Grand opening ad posted.
The Marr celebrated its 20th Anniversary but limped to a close three years later shutting after a double features of “Let No Man Write My Epitaph” and “The Wild One” on May 14, 1961. A week later it became a house of worship for the Gethsemane Evangelical Luthern Church. It has been converted to a multi-occupant business center still in use in the 2020s.