Historic movie palaces / Highland Park / Woodward at Six Mile
Uptown Theatre (Highland Park)
Closed – archive entry · 1927–1980
The Keith-Albee Uptown opened in 1927 at Woodward and Six Mile as a sister house to the downtown Oriental. Historic Detroit counts it among the city's four great neighborhood movie palaces, the one for the north side.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1927
- Closed
- 1980
- Architect
- Percival R. Pereira with Graven & Mayger
- Seats
- 2,922 (advertised as 3,500)
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
The Keith-Albee Uptown opened on March 7, 1927, at Woodward and Six Mile Road with Getting Gertie's Garter and five acts of Keith-Albee vaudeville. It was conceived as a sister house to the downtown Oriental and designed by the same architect, Percival R. Pereira, with Graven & Mayger. Historic Detroit counts it among the city's four great neighborhood movie palaces, the north side's counterpart to the Grand Riviera, Hollywood and Eastown. It later ran films under RKO with a large organ, became the 6 Mile Uptown in 1954 and simply the 6 Mile in 1959. In the early 1970s it switched to live strip shows and later adult films, closed in 1980 and was demolished by the late 1980s.
- Sister house to the Oriental, same architect
- One of the city's four great neighborhood palaces
- 2,922 seats, advertised as 3,500
Plan your visit
The Uptown at Woodward and Six Mile was demolished by the late 1980s. For a movie night, see the working cinemas in our guide.
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