Del Theater
8935 Mack Avenue,
Detroit,
MI
48214
8935 Mack Avenue,
Detroit,
MI
48214
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This 1,076-seat eastside neighborhood movie house opened in 1916, an early design by Detroit-based theater architect Christian W. Brandt.
During the early to mid-1950’s, the Delthe Theater was known as the Del Theater. It was one of a handful of Detroit theaters which screened 3-D films. The Del Theater was closed in 1963.
It has since been demolished and the site is a grassed-over vacant plot.
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Bryan Krefft
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From one who went to high school a couple of blocks away—this theater was called the Delthe (pronounced Del-thee). Despite the odd name it had a neat vertical sign.
A notice about plans for this house appeared in Moving Picture World of April 8, 1916: “DETROIT, MICH. -Christian W. Brandt is preparing plans for a moving picture theater to be erected at the corner of Mack and Holcomb avenues, with seating capacity of 1,000.”