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 Showcase Cinemas Dearborn 

Name: Showcase Cinemas Dearborn   Street: 24105 Michigan Ave
City: Dearborn    State: MI    Zip: 48124    Phone: (313) 561-3449
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County: Wayne Operator: National Amusements / Redstone
Open: 1941 Closed: 2006 Capacity: 1200 Status: Closed
Web Address: N/A
Notes: AKA Dearborn Theater
Architect: Charles N Agree
Number of visits to this page since February 23, 2007: 5558
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Entry Date: 6/5/2009 - Steve Bielawski: One of the Dearborn papers reports that the old Dearborn Theatre, along with a long-closed Wendy''s next door, will be torn down to make way for a new hotel.
The new owner tried another site first, but was turned down by the city;
now, the owner has contacted Showcase Ciinemas about the land.
The odds of it happening are good, as no other buyer has emerged for the building in the last three years, but it''s not quite a done deal yet.
Entry Date: 9/8/2006 - Theater Lover: Showcase Dearborn closed for good at the end of business, Monday, September 4th 2006.
Cinema Treasures - 1/15/2004 Opened in 1941 as the Dearborn Theatre, this Charles N. Agree-designed movie house could originally seat just under 1500. The Dearborn was a smaller version (around 1000 less seats) of Agree's Royal, which opened in Detroit less than half a year earlier. Both were designed in bold Streamline Moderne style, and like the Royal, the Dearborn contained a small stage, but had no dressing rooms or orchestra pit. The Dearborn was run by the Wisper and Wetsman circuit from the time it opened, until 1973, when it was acquired by the Wayne Amusement Company.

In the late 60s, a small 300-seat auditorium was added to the theater, called the Dearborn Living Room.

In the 70s, a third screen was added to the Dearborn. By this time, it was now called the Dearborn Entertainment Center. It was also one of the first theaters in the state of Michigan to serve alcohol, along with Wayne Amusement's Quo Vadis.

In the 80s, the original nearly 1500-seat auditorium was carved into four smaller auditoriums, and in 1986, the complex was sold to National Amusements. During its six-year operation of the Dearborn, National Amusements added yet another three screens. In 1992, Showcase Cinemas took over the Dearborn, with it today going under the moniker of Showcase Cinemas Dearborn. Though a bit frayed around the edges, the Dearborn remains a popular venue for seeing the latest first-run films. Cinema Treasures Link
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