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**Marquette Theater History**
When I researched movie theaters in Michigan City, I discovered that the earliest theater opened in the fall of 1906 -- the Grand Opera House. Through the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, maybe three major movie houses existed. The theater I looked into was Michigan City's Marquette Theater. It opened on Christmas Day in 1970 by showing the movie [|Love Story]. It appears that Marquette Theater gave other movie theaters quite the competition. It began by showing some really exclusive films. And by 1977, three screens were up and running.

In a 1972 newspaper article, "No More Seats in the Balcony," Bob Kaser discusses the closing of the Tivoli Theater (open since 1922). He says that a "longtime landmark of Michigan City's entertainment landscape" is closing, and adds, "The really big shows in more recent times have been showing at the new Marquette Theater."

Michigan City in the 80s and 90s had two movie theaters. . . Dunes Plaza Cinema and Marquette Theater. I remember Marquette always seemed to play the more serious-themed movies or very popular movies (first). Even though the two theaters were less than a mile apart, Marquette always stuck out in my head as the nice brick theater with red signage and accents inside.

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