I posted on the Manistee Lyric link also. Oh well, hope you find this information if not useful at least interesting. Last I knew the original ceiling was still under there. They covered the slanted floor and lowered the ceilings. The Salvation Army has the Old Lyric and uses it for services and offices. My only wish would be that it could have been the Lyric of Manistee then not only would my family history be brought to light but they were sister theatres. I have quite the scrap book that includes most of the shows and performances that were booked at the Manistee Lyric which I am sure went on to Traverse City Lyric during those years.
As the Manistee DDA moves ahead with their goal of restoring the Vogue theatre I hope our community will band together as Traverse City did. I thank him for his interest in helping our downtown's survive and thrive. Mr Michael Moore was in town to support the kick off of the restoration of the Vogue by community efforts along with a check. One block East of the building that housed the Lyric is the abandoned Vogue theatre, built in 1938. The circuit also included Cadillac Lyric and Ludington Lyric and was owned by Fitzpatrick and McElroy a company based out of Chicago. the State is the theatre that my grandfather Otto Jay Lauer had in his circuit while managing the Lyric of Manistee from until his death in 1925. , with the Columbine High School massacre of 1999 as a backdrop. For example, Bowling for Columbine, which won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, looked at the culture of guns and violence in the U. His documentaries often deal with social issues. Moore is a native of Michigan and has a home near Traverse City. Moore said the theater has sort of become the town square of Traverse City, a resort community located on Grand Traverse Bay off Lake Michigan.
But I'm not surprised because I know the community's feelings toward this theater, he said. Moore was amazed the fund drive was so successful in a short time in view of northern Michigan's struggling economy.
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The money will be used to keep the organization solvent, renovate the theater and provide 25-cent matinees and free movies throughout the year. The fund drive was sponsored by the nonprofit organization that Moore formed several years ago to keep the downtown theater open and to stage the acclaimed Traverse City Film Festival. We raised $5,000 just on the canister on the counter. It was a good combination of those who can afford to give large grants such as Consumers, Rotary and myself, and those who can give $5, said Moore. He said donations were made by individuals and matched by grants from Consumers Energy ($125,000) and Rotary Charities ($50,000). Documentary filmmaker and social activist Michael Moore said a fund-raising effort to restore the historic State Theater here has exceeded its goal of a half-million dollars by $40,000.
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Original article Filmmaker Michael Moore rescues historic movie theater CNHI News Service TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Documentary filmmaker and social activist Michael Moore said a fund-raising effort to restore the historic State Theater in Traverse City has exceeded its goal of a half-million dollars by $40,000.
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