Varsity Theatre
17121 Livernois Road,
Detroit,
MI
48221
17121 Livernois Road,
Detroit,
MI
48221
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September 4th, 1936 grand opening ad in photo section.
The September 4, 1936, issue of The Film Daily had this item in its Detroit column: “Russell Chapman, manager of the Madison for United Detroit Theaters, is to manage the new Varsity Theater opening this week.”
In 1963 this was run by Detroit Consolidated Theaters.
The Varsity Theater was demolished in the early 1980’s to make way for a McDonald’s. The theater was located one building north of the intersection of Livernois & McNichols, kitty-corner from the main campus of the University of Detroit (which I attended from 1979 – 1985, during which the theater was torn down). The building was tightly boarded up and the ‘Varsity’ marquee remained until the end – there was no evidence that it had ever been used as a church.
Correction: The actual address was (is) 17121 Livernois.