Bad Axe Theatre

309 E. Huron Avenue,
Bad Axe, MI 48413

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on March 11, 2022 at 7:01 am

Huron Daily Tribune article and link with a Go Fund Me page for restoration of the Bad Axe marquee. (Direct link below that.) Courtesy Save the Signs on Facebook.

https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/GoFundMe-raising-money-to-restore-Bad-Axe-16992137.php?fbclid=IwAR3W2w-Oaiimcde39P8XhEfWQczK4KqsE2BBx1s3tRPYWoWf5DXJMxa9xJ4

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bad-axe-theatre-marquee-restoration-fund

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on April 24, 2021 at 7:50 am

The city was supposedly named by an Army surveyor who found an old rusted axe at an abandoned campsite at the junction of 2 trails.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on April 24, 2021 at 12:47 am

Odd name for the theatre and town!!

graymatters
graymatters on April 23, 2021 at 3:05 pm

My grandfather Albert S. “Al” Johnson’s theater job slides include one shot taken in September 1948. It shows four red art moderne style entrance doors with half-octagonal glass. Al was said to have held a patent on these “Johnson doors” and they were a feature of several of his Michigan theater jobs. These doors, or identical replacements, are seen in a 2020 view of the theater.

My uncle (Albert S. Johnson Jr.) compiled a list of Johnson Construction Co. theater projects and it shows two Bad Axe Theatre remodeling projects - in 1935 and 1947.

All but one of Michigan Schulte Circuit theaters listed in Ken C McIntyre’s 2007 post were built or remodeled by my grandfather’s company: the Main in Coldwater, the Oakdale in Hazel Park, the Howell in Howell, the Mariner in Marine City, the Romeo in Romeo, the Strand in Tecumseh and the Ryan in Warren. he built or remodeled a total of sixty-four Michigan theaters and drive-ins between the 1930s and 1950s.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 17, 2010 at 11:31 am

Both 1982 pictures are from the same day different position on the street.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 17, 2010 at 11:30 am

I see Clint Eastwood is playing there in “FIREFOX”

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on February 19, 2010 at 7:17 pm

Whats in a name,pretty cool looking place.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 31, 2007 at 6:33 pm

Did I say Illinois? All of those theaters are in Michigan. Sorry about that.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 31, 2007 at 6:31 pm

The Bad Axe was part of the Schulte Circuit in the early sixties. William Schulte was owner. The chain was headquartered in Chicago. Other Schulte theaters in Illinois at the time were the Bliss in Blissfield, the Drive-In and Main in Coldwater, the Oakdale in Hazel Park, the Howell in Howell, the Mariner in Marine City, the Romeo in Romeo, the Strand in Tecumseh and the Ryan in Warren.

edh45
edh45 on May 29, 2007 at 10:12 am

Well “wheelieman”, “wheelieman” is a pretty queer name itself, so shut it and Bad Axe is the ownage.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 7, 2006 at 9:40 am

You can see the Knights of Columbus plaque in this photo:
http://tinyurl.com/p8oul

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 8, 2005 at 2:45 am

What a queer (1;2) name for a town!

And, another recent photo of the Bad Axe Theater, from a photostream at Flickr (I see a couple of other theaters in there, too.)

pianoman
pianoman on September 30, 2005 at 11:57 am

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be “Mr. High and Mighty”.

Traindriver05
Traindriver05 on September 22, 2005 at 8:59 am

What a queer name for a town!
posted by wheelieman on Jan 27, 2005 at 6:34pm

O, were sorry. We will change the name of the town just for you Mr. High and Mighty.

P.S. Get a life, o thats right, you never will
Have a good day :–)

pianoman
pianoman on August 27, 2005 at 1:14 pm

ba dum bup bamp ba….I’m Lovin' It!

teecee
teecee on March 1, 2005 at 1:56 pm

Night photo, very recent:

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pianoman
pianoman on January 27, 2005 at 3:34 pm

What a queer name for a town!