Almont Theater

219 S. Main Street,
Almont, MI 48003

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Firms: Johnson Construction Co.

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Almont Theater

After it closed, it was used as a wildlife studio called Animal Arts and is now for lease.

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monstersmom89
monstersmom89 on April 7, 2007 at 1:51 am

Growing up in Almont in the 1970s and early 80s, I have seen several films here. Even then, most of these were second-run or kids' movies, often interrupted by the seemingly constant projection problems. The theatre was already clearly in decline, but its sleek, once-beautiful mid-century modern design was still in evidence. Almont’s theatre closed sometime in either the late 1970s or very early 1980s, after which it went through several reincarnations that I understand brought a great deal of “redesign.” It still stands, empty and without its sleek marquee; I, for one, would love to see it restored to the glory I always imagined it possessed before my time, but it seems unlikely.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 10, 2010 at 12:16 am

Just a tiny bit of history from BOxoffice,March 1970.Manager of the Almont,Tina Slover said of “ME,NATALIE” that played the Almont it was “beautiful and revealing story” Patty Duke Starred.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 10, 2010 at 12:27 am

Found another Tina Slover review,“WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE?” It played the Almont from Friday-Sunday,stating,“the audience thought it was boring,They couldn’t keep track of the story,It was not as good as we played it up to be”.Ruth Gordon stars.

graymatters
graymatters on April 17, 2021 at 2:38 pm

Between the 1930s and 1950s my grandfather Albert S. “Al” Johnson built or remodeled at least sixty-four theater and drive-in jobs in Michigan. Family records show that the Almont Theatre was one of these, but the project date was not recorded.

The accompanying Kodachrome slide of the theater, which he shot in June 1948, shows a characteristic small town theater of the type he built throughout Michigan in the 1940’s. The exterior has the porcelain-like exterior tiles and a cream and red color scheme, which typify his theaters of the era.

The front doors, red with paired half-moon glass, are a type that our grandfather was said to have patented, and were known as “Johnson doors.” It’s my guess that Johnson built this theater sometime in the 1940s.

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