Vogue Theatre

710 Michigan Street NE,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 29, 2024 at 7:01 pm

The 650-seat Michigan Theatre launched on June 24, 1916 by G.H. and C.W. Budde. of the Alcazar. Howard T. Reynolds took on the the Michigan Theater giving it a $5,000 streamline makeover and new name of the Vogue Theatre.

It relaunched on April 17, 1938 with High Wide and Handsome supported by The Wrong Road. The Vogue Theater temporarily closed on August 30, 1946 after showing “The Bells of St. Mary’s.” An ad promised its return after a refresh that never occurred. Reynolds, who also had the Family and the Stocking theaters - moved on from the Vogue. It sat vacant and was sold to Radio Bible Class, Inc. in 1951 for $20,000.

rivest266
rivest266 on February 25, 2024 at 9:31 pm

Ads for the Vogue ended in 1946.

rivest266
rivest266 on February 25, 2024 at 6:08 pm

Reopened as Vogue on April 17th, 1938. Ad posted.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 26, 2012 at 7:49 pm

The photos of the Vogue in Boxoffice of October 15, 1938, mentioned in my previous comment, are now at this link.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 16, 2012 at 9:39 am

The Michigan Theatre was apparently a bit older than the author of the 1938 Boxoffice article I cited earlier thought. Here is an item from the July 15, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World:

“A new motion picture theater, known as the Michigan theater, and located at Michigan street and Grand avenue, N. E., Grand Rapids, Mich., was recently opened. The owners and operators, G. H. and C. W. Budde, also are owners of the Alcazar theater on Bridge street, N. W. The new picture house is one of the largest of the outlying theaters, having a seating capacity of 650. The decorations of the cosy interior are rose and steel gray, and ample provision has been made for the comfort of the patrons.”
The 1938 photo of the Vogue in Boxoffice has been moved to this link.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 21, 2010 at 3:59 pm

The Vogue opened in 1938. It was a rebuild of a 1923 theater called the Michigan, which had been closed for ten years according to one Boxoffice item about the project. Before and after photos appeared in this article in Boxoffice of October 15, 1938. I can’t find the name of the architect who designed the remodeling, though architects are named for the other two remodeling projects featured in the article.