Cinema III (I)
220 Bridge Street,
Charlevoix,
MI
49720
220 Bridge Street,
Charlevoix,
MI
49720
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Functions: Retail
Styles: Tudor Revival
Previous Names: Palace Theatre
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Long a fixture on Bridge Street, the main artery through the picturesque town of Charlevoix, the the 558-seat Palace Theatre was opened in 1918. It was designed in a mock-Tudor style, painted in shades of blue in its later years, and had a small balcony. It was destroyed by fire on March 5, 1945.
It was rebuilt still with the Palace Theatre name with 524-seats and for many years, it ran films only in the summer months. This because Charlevoix, in the first part of the twentieth century, was a summer resort town. On August 1, 1973, new owners changed the name to the Cinema III (which was strange, since it remained a single screen theatre until its closing), and it became a year-round theatre.
It closed around 2002 when its owner built a new Cinema III (with three screens) on nearby Antrim Street. The former theatre became a clothing store.
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Christopher Walczak
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This website shows the original Cinema III and a picture of the building after it was refaced and converted to a clothing store. The third picture and accompanying article relate to the second Cinema III on Antrim Street which has its own page here on CT
The Palace Theater was built and opened in 1918 by a husband-and-wife team of Lou and Elizabeth Galster of Petoskey.
On March 5, 1945, the Palace Theater was completely destroyed by a fire. It was later rebuilt and reopened later that year.
The Palace Theater name continued to last until August 1, 1973 when it reopened as the Cinema III with “Hell Upside Down” as its first film.
It became the Cinema III on August 1, 1973, not around 1959. The Palace Theater name continued to last throughout the 1960’s and early 1970’s.