Beacon East Cinemas
19305 Vernier Road,
Harper Woods,
MI
48225
19305 Vernier Road,
Harper Woods,
MI
48225
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Current use is as a community college center.
Last operated by National Amusements, closed on September 10, 2006.
Opened on May 25, 1973 as the Beacon East I & II with “Man of La Mancha” in Screen 1 and “Soylent Green” in Screen 2. A third screen was added in December 1984 and a fourth was added during the 1990s. Showcase Cinemas was one of its operators.
I saw many, many movies here as a young man, and I’m almost positive that this was the theater that I saw the original Star Wars at in May, 1977. Sad to see that it is gone.