CinemaTour - Cinemas Around the World - Trans-Lux Theater, Detroit MI

Welcome to CinemaTour! Login ·· Register

HOME ·· CINEMAS ·· FORUMS ·· LINKS ·· CIRCUITS ·· BOOKS
Contact Cinematour ·· Help & Hints ·· About Cinematour

Trans-Lux Theater

2002 Photo from the Adam Martin collection

6540 Woodward Ave
Detroit MI

	Record #13315
Opened: September 22, 1932 Closed: 1949 Current Use: Retail Demolished:	Capacity: 344 seats Architect(s): Thomas W Lamb Architectural Style(s): National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As: Center

This newsreel house opened on September 22, 1932, featuring rear-projection so that customer could move in and out freely with a certain amount of light in the auditorium. When the theater became the Center in 1934, a standard projection booth was installed and the seating was increased from 344 to 700.

Return to the top of this page or Return to the main page

Last featured 5/29/2002. Last edited 2/2/2008.

Log in to remove these ads
Fandango Buy movie tickets, look up showtimes, watch trailers and more!

All information presented in this site is believed to be accurate, based upon available information. However, errors do occur and the information presented here may not reflect reality, often due to circumstances beyond control. Some documents, images and logos contained in these documents belong to various organizations and corporations. Their inclusion here is for the benefit of the reader and for the benefit of the particular organization, but they are, in fact, the copyrighted property of those organizations. Their presence here does not imply any endorsement of CinemaTour by those organizations. CinemaTour is not affiliated with any cinema or circuit.