Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 11, 1978
Caption:
What makes you angry? (Asked in front of the State Theatre.) People who are uptight and don't want to recognize you when they pass by you. — Melinda Ronca of Ann Arbor.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 6, 1956
Caption:
MARQUEE MESSAGE: The management of the two campus area theaters urged a Michigan football victory over Michigan State today by rearranging the wording of the films they're showing. This one at the State Theater puns on the picture "Tea and Sympathy" by making one side of the marquee read "Tea D's For Michigan, Sympathy For State."

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 28, 1962
Caption:
IT'S BACK: Ellsworth Hamer, assistant city manager for Butterfield Theaters here, looks at poster announcing the revival of the film "The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Hamer was road manager for the original "4 Horsemen" movie, which starred Rudolph Valentino.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 3, 1967
Caption:
Making Adversity Pay Off The advertising trappings of a mystery thriller are on display with the "real McCoy" at the State Theatre lobby. John Smith, manager, capitalized upon the genuine work of burglars who netted several hundred dollars from a safe-cracking job there by surrounding the damaged vault with "whodunnit" material in the lobby area. Peering into the ruins is Gerald H. Hoag, Butterfield Theatres manager in this area.