Fillmore

On June 16, 1928, the State became “the first theatre in the world devoted primarily to the newest sensation in entertainment—TALKING PICTURES,” according to an advertisement in the Detroit Free Press. The movie was “Glorious Betsy” with Dolores Costello and Conrad Nagel. See the Photos section for more information.

Getting a new digital marquee.

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/11/19/the-fillmore-is-replacing-its-historic-marquee?fbclid=IwAR1cHYd61dWOfOiCh6bGIpNcutXzn7fCjbg-RSSqzVvcqgUxoC3JgpSJUp4

The Castle Theatre stood on this site in 1926 and seated 531.

Folks lined up at the Palms to see Mighty Joe Young and Isle the Dead, photo from the 1950s in Boxoffice issue of November 18, 1963:
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This is from Boxoffice magazine in November 1956:

DETROIT-Lobby remodeling that began last March at the Palms Theater here has been completed. Incorporating the adjoining store space, the new lobby has modern bronze and glass doors, a new confection counter in the center and a decorative scheme in scarlet, gold and black.

A new 200-ton cooling plant also has been installed-all work having been done while the 3,000-seat theater was in operation 18 hours daily.

Indeed, Torn Curtain is an excellent film. Another great work from the master Alfred Hitchcock. The passing of Paul Newman is a tragic loss to all lovers of fine films. To quote a line by Pier Angeli from Somebody Up There Likes Me, ‘Somebody down here too.’
George

Lost Memory: Ken was right about the date on that picture of Torn Curtain. It was the second feature. The main attraction, Rough Night in Jericho, was a 1967 release.

Torn Curtain was on TCM earlier today, to pay tribute to Paul Newman.

Here is a 1929 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3ymzcr

This theatre was built and opened as the State theatre in 1925, In 1937 it was renemed the Palms-State, as it is located in the Francis Palms building. In 1949 it was again renamed the Palms, dropping the “State” portion. Local real estate investor Chuck Forbes bought the buiding in the early 80s and renamed it the State (again). Now, with the affilation of an all-powerful media conglomerate it has been renamed “the Fillmore” in a mistaken sense that anything California will make a bigger impression here. The theatre is dingy and needs a large bath, as the Fox next door received in ‘88 and the place reeks of stale spilled beer. On any given sub-frigid winter night there are loads of underage girls lined up out front without coats “folding their arms around their charms” waiting to get in.

The damage has been done, the theater has been renamed and the marquee looks really distasteful as seen [url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/FillmoreDetroitmarquee.jpg/800px-FillmoreDetroitmarquee.jpg]
at this link[/url]. This really messes up the proportions as you have the long name with a huge blank space in the center.

The place will always be known as the State to me, never by this ridiculus name!

To be renamed as the Filmore Teater in May 2007. What a stupid name

The exterior was quite beautiful for the Super Bowl. It had red, white, and blue floods on it.
I believe the exterior was recently cleaned and restored also.

The State Theatre was built on the site of the Grand Circus Theatre, listed on Cinema Treasures: /theaters/13410/