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Family Theater

1 Cadillac Sq
Detroit MI

	Record #13202
Opened: 1914 Closed: 1973 Demolished: 1973	Capacity: 934 seats Architect(s): Fuller Claflin Architectural Style(s): National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As: Follies

The Family Theater was created from the Kirkwood Hotel and became a cinema in 1914. After the theater began showing adult films, angry residents forced the theater to change its name to the Follies. The theater was destroyed in a fire which started during a showing of "Deep Throat" on July 26, 1973, and was razed a month later.

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Last featured 11/28/2004. Last edited 11/28/2004.

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