Mazda Theater
Main Street,
L'Anse,
MI
49946
Main Street,
L'Anse,
MI
49946
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Previously operated by: Delft Theaters Inc.
Architects: Hans Teichert
Functions: Retail
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: New Mazda Theater
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The New Mazda Theatre was opened on July 2, 1924 with Pola Negri in “The Spanish Dancer”. In 1939 it was redecorated in an Art Deco style to the plans of interior designer Hans Teichert. It is now a grocery store.
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Ken McIntyre
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The Mazda Theatre was opened in 1924 by brothers Dan and Ben Grobaski. In 1939 it was redecorated by the Teichert studio, as described in this article by Hanns Teichert in Boxoffice of September 16. The article said that the Mazda had 450 seats.
I can’t find either the Mazda Theatre or Dan Grobaski mentioned in Boxoffice later than 1946, but Ben Grobaski is mentioned as an operator at L'Anse in the November 1, 1952, issue.
The Mazda Theatre opened its doors on July 2, 1924 with Pola Negri in “The Spanish Dancer” (unknown if extras added).
As of 1924 in color, the original marquee contains a 30ft tower sign, with each letter in the word being 3ft across and a total of 336 lamps went into the sign and marquee in total together with the canopy. Along those contain 20 blue lights for the border, 16 green lights for the word “New”, and 150 red lights for the word “Mazda”. The canopy contains 55 lights and the entire of its lights can be seen as far as several miles. The exterior of the two-story building featured buff-colored brick, and there are two stores that were used for business. And lastly, the original projection is a Powers Type E. Unfortunately there’s not a lot of information about its auditorium rather than its orchestra pit.