Dort Mall Cinema

3600 S. Dort Highway,
Flint, MI 48507

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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp.

Architects: William C. Riseman

Firms: William Riseman Associates

Functions: Parking Garage, Retail

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Dort Mall Cinema

Opened 1968 - William Riseman Associates, Architects - Single screen cinema - aprox 980 seats - divided in half on June 27, 1975 aprox 450 seats each side - closed by GCC in September 1983 - lobby and rest rooms now used as additional mall area - auditorium used as parking garage.

Contributed by dave-bronx

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RobertR
RobertR on August 12, 2004 at 1:54 pm

Are the theatres still intact here?

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on October 7, 2004 at 2:51 pm

When I worked there in 1975 the address on our stationary, my business cards and the incoming mail was 3600……

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on October 7, 2004 at 4:22 pm

Yup, thats me. 8/75 thru 2/77 at Dort…. where did you get my name?

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on October 7, 2004 at 5:48 pm

Seat counts were 425? I thought it was about 450, but if I told you 425 then , that’s what it was. It was a long time ago. I hated that theatre, badly proportioned, never should have been split, plus it was in a dead mall. I hated that town, too. What a sorry-ass place that was.

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on May 25, 2005 at 1:26 am

You can see pictures of the Dort Mall Cinema, then and now, at the following page:
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rivest266
rivest266 on December 5, 2021 at 12:26 am

The Dort Mall Cinema opened on November 27th, 1968. Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on December 5, 2021 at 12:08 pm

This reopened with two screens on June 27th, 1975 and closed in September 1983 after losing bidding wars with Showcase. Grand opening ad posted.

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