Roxy Theatre

109 W. Chicago Road,
Sturgis, MI 49091

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on February 15, 2026 at 9:54 am

Harry A. Prawat of South Bend, Indiana, launched the Roxy Theatre in 1934. Butterfield Circuit, which had formerly entered into a JOA with Sturgis' dominant New Strand Theatre (though undoubtedly bankrolling its construction and conversion to sound), purchased the Roxy in November of 1935 from Prawat to end the competition. Butterfield could use it fulltime or part-time in overflow and peak periods.

Butterfield appears to have operated the Roxy to its closure at the expiry of a 20-year leasing agreement in 1954. Competition from television and the creation of a competing, seasonal drive-in ended any thoughts of a leasing renewal.