Detroit
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The Film
Programs of the Detroit Film Theatre, Michigan Theater and Redford
Theatre
The Film Programs of the Detroit Film Theatre, Michigan Theater and Redford Theatre
Your Guide to Classic Movie Theater Fun!
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| From Here to Eternity returns February 14 to the Michigan, where it first played September 24, 1953. |
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The acclaimed 2011 Iranian film A Separation screens at the DFT on February 24-26 and March 4. |
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Billy Wilder directs the Oscar-winning The Apartment at the Redford on February 17-18. Video courtesy of Turner Classic Movies |
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Looking Back
Step back in time to see what area theaters were presenting in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
For more information about these theaters, see Cinema Treasures or Water Winter Wonderland.
1920s
Michigan Theater and Redford Theatre open in January 1928.
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1930s
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1940s
Peak years of moviegoing.
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1950s
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1960s
The last days of the downtown movie theater district.
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1970s
Detroit Film Theatre opens in January 1974.
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Early years of current programming.
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