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Roxy Theatre

Address: 521 Washington Ave.

City: Bay City

State: MI

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County: Bay

Notes: AKA Lyric, Grotto, Temple

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Owner History: Bernstein Theatres

Number of visits to this page: 5151

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2/14/2021 - Andy Gray

My uncle A.S. Johnson Jr’s (Bud’s) list of Johnson Construction Co. theater jobs includes the Roxy in Bay City. My grandfather A.S. “Al” Johnson took 35mm slides of most of the theaters that he worked on, but unfortunately there are no slides in his collection of this theater or project.

4/17/2005 - Bay Journal

Operated at this location from 1906 - 1912 as the Alvarado. Subsequent names were Lyric (1913), Grotto (1914) and Temple (1925). In 1942 the Roxy Theater opened here.

12/19/2003 - Jack R. Miller

This theatre was owned and operated by Harold Bernstein of Bay City. He had a small chain known as Bernstein Theatres, which also operated in Bay City, the Lafayette, Tivoli (Pines), Woodside (Royal) and in Saginaw, the Daniel, later purchased by Ed Johnson. Ed Johnson also operated the Colonial in Essexville, under lease, until it closed.

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OLD POST CARD VIEW

THE ROXY FROM THE BAY JOURNAL

THE ALVARADO FROM THE BAY JOURNAL