Multiplexes / West Dearborn
Dearborn Theatre
Closed – archive entry · 1941–2006
Charles N. Agree's Streamline Moderne cinema in West Dearborn opened in 1941 with nearly 1,500 seats and, as the Dearborn Entertainment Center, became one of the first cinemas in Michigan to serve alcohol.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1941
- Closed
- 2006
- Architect
- Charles N. Agree
- Style
- Streamline Moderne
- Seats
- 1,498 at opening
- Screens
- 8
02 / The story of this place
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The Dearborn Theatre opened on May 2, 1941, on Michigan Avenue. Charles N. Agree designed it in Streamline Moderne style, with nearly 1,500 seats on one sloping floor, a smaller twin of his Royal Theatre in Detroit. Wisper & Wetsman ran it until 1973. In the late 1960s it added a 300-seat room called the Dearborn Living Room, and as the Dearborn Entertainment Center it became one of the first cinemas in Michigan to serve alcohol. The original auditorium was split into four in the 1980s, National Amusements bought it in 1986 and renamed it Showcase Cinemas Dearborn in 1992. It closed on September 4, 2006, and was demolished in 2010.
- Designed by Charles N. Agree, 1941
- A smaller twin of Detroit's Royal Theatre
- One of Michigan's first cinemas with a bar
Plan your visit
The theater closed in 2006 and was torn down in 2010, so you won't find it on Michigan Avenue. For a movie night, pick one of the open cinemas in our guide.
Cinemas nearby
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Drive-ins / Dearborn
Ford-Wyoming Drive-In
A drive-in on Ford Road since 1950, right at the Dearborn–Detroit line: five screens, open year-round, with car heaters in winter. With nine screens and room for 3,000+ cars, it was once the largest drive-in in the U.S.
IMAX & giant screens / Dearborn
Giant Screen Experience at The Henry Ford
The giant-screen cinema of The Henry Ford museum complex in Dearborn: 4K digital projection, 3D, documentaries by day and pop-up screenings of classic features by night.
Multiplexes / Canton
Emagine Canton
A 19-screen first-run multiplex on Ford Road in Canton, run by Michigan-owned Emagine: EMX and Super EMX premium screens with Dolby Atmos, cuddle chairs and a bar. Tickets are $5 on Tuesdays.