Clawson Theater

116 W. 14 Mile Road,
Clawson, MI 48017

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graymatters
graymatters on April 17, 2021 at 3:55 pm

My uncle Bud Johnson’s documentation includes the Clawson Theatre, at 116 W. 14 Mile Road in Clawson, as a 1941 Johnson Construction Company project, but without the year of the job. Unfortunately, my grandfather Al Johnson’s theater slides don’t include any from this job.

A photo on the “WaterWinterWonderland.com” site shows the theater with a 1954 film “Demetrius and the Gladiators” on the marquee. In that image the right-hand door is propped open and you can see that it’s a half-moon glass “Johnson door” - the style of door that my grandfather was said to have patented and is seen on dozens of the Michigan theaters that he built during the era.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 11, 2019 at 9:48 pm

Here’s an item from the July 3, 1941 issue of The Film Daily:

“YESTERDAY, the new Clawson Theater, Clawson, Mich., opened with RCA sound, Brenkert projectors, and Westinghouse rectifiers.”

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 28, 2015 at 1:13 am

Past realty listings show it as having been built in 1930. But it didn’t open as a theater until 1941.

Below link updates it’s future use, with a replica of it’s original marquee. Copy & paste to view.

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150522/a-sign-of-the-times-1941-is-back-up-in-clawson-at-former-movie-theater