Comments from DavidZornig - Cinema Treasures

DavidZornig commented about Follies Theater on Nov 26, 2021 at 7:11 pm

Video of the Follies marquee lit at night in 1966.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/lighted-signs-advertise-a-burlesque-theater-in-chicago-news-footage/1270653476?adppopup=true&fbclid=IwAR1TSKMCmHufUCaTK-gafSLGsiAjkIM-UQpRly09Qoxgvh0pXITwJfIZM-0

DavidZornig commented about Thanksgiving 1950 photo courtesy of Norman Mcintosh‎. on Nov 26, 2021 at 2:16 pm

Update: 1950 photo credit Cleveland News Photographer. Colorized by unknown.

DavidZornig commented about Wiltern Theatre on Nov 25, 2021 at 8:55 pm

Here is the above mentioned “Tough As Nails”-“Mic Drop” episode.

https://www.cbs.com/shows/tough-as-nails/video/IXZVmVesaf_TGnESGTkZIhs4HMBcfx6Y/tough-as-nails-mic-drop/

DavidZornig commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov 24, 2021 at 4:33 am

May 2017 Chicago Tribune article with about the 90th anniversary images.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-chinese-theatre-20170518-htmlstory.html

DavidZornig commented about Chinese Theatre exterior on Nov 24, 2021 at 4:27 am

Howard Hughes’s “Hell’s Angels” opens at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre with 200 searchlights (May 24, 1930). Description credit David Cutter.

DavidZornig commented about Circa 1913 photo credit G. Haven Bishop, courtesy James J. Chun. on Nov 24, 2021 at 4:18 am

As Clune’s Broadway Theatre.

DavidZornig commented about Marlow Theatre on Nov 23, 2021 at 6:54 pm

March 1942 John Vachon photo with a street banner for the Marlow Theatre. Click on “View full size” for greater detail.

https://www.shorpy.com/node/26395

DavidZornig commented about Loew's Orpheum Twin Theatre on Nov 23, 2021 at 5:54 pm

11/22/63 Stanley Kubrick handwritten note added to gallery, courtesy www.qompendium.com. The special preview of “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” was postponed for two months.

DavidZornig commented about Cine Lido on Nov 23, 2021 at 3:58 am

2013 article with 1937 photos as Cotton Club.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268971/Inside-speakeasies-1920s-The-hidden-drinking-spots-transformed-New-York-Citys-night-life-prohibition-era-beyond.html?ito=facebook_share_article-top&fbclid=IwAR1JyMOcQIpoeZs4HLKYIyC3WrMAY8-xndCJg97Y30fav3h_GSqYenfu0-M

DavidZornig commented about Julian Theater on Nov 18, 2021 at 3:27 pm

Julian Theater is the third building down on the left in this December 1988 Flickr image.
Enlargeable within link.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/genial23/1434568392?fbclid=IwAR3SIM3Ns4ck4g8VHiH9I6GpvL-c27uNHhdrOi4xqhsFbUqXrQNtreuzYc0

DavidZornig commented about Uptown Theatre on Nov 16, 2021 at 4:24 am

A 2011 link with August 27, 1976 Bay City Rollers photos. I scrolled back and did not see it as being posted before.

http://uptownhistory.compassrose.org/2011/05/1976-bay-city-rollers-concert-uptown.html

DavidZornig commented about Eastwood Theatre on Nov 13, 2021 at 7:46 pm

This 2015 wordpress piece with images says it converted to live concert venue and then closed in the early 1990s.

https://julieyoung1.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/naptown-nostagia-the-eastwood-theater-took-us-to-that-galaxy-far-far-away/

DavidZornig commented about Avalon Theatre on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:53 am

Two 2014 Flickr photos.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/15134251462/in/photostream/

DavidZornig commented about Atlas Performing Arts Center on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:51 am

2014 Flickr photos, scroll left for box office.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/14947938439/in/photostream/

DavidZornig commented about Cinestage Theatre on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:48 am

Kevin Mueller photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/14803136060?fbclid=IwAR1Y8qEFoALZjanVl_x4BE9-ZosnXqbAhCI2VmAkE5Xu8g_iwLUv_l5lA-A

DavidZornig commented about Michael Todd Theatre on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:48 am

Kevin Mueller photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/14803136060?fbclid=IwAR1Y8qEFoALZjanVl_x4BE9-ZosnXqbAhCI2VmAkE5Xu8g_iwLUv_l5lA-A

DavidZornig commented about Chicago Theatre on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:36 am

Paul Dimler photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/6287620225?fbclid=IwAR1sjFPLlENa-LqXr23Rv48fIMKbwm708R5PE_u9HB_qV8va6RyPJSZCbYI

DavidZornig commented about State-Lake Theatre on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:36 am

Paul Dimler photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/6287620225?fbclid=IwAR1sjFPLlENa-LqXr23Rv48fIMKbwm708R5PE_u9HB_qV8va6RyPJSZCbYI

DavidZornig commented about Loop Theater on Nov 11, 2021 at 3:35 am

Paul Dimler photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37640374@N04/6287620225?fbclid=IwAR1sjFPLlENa-LqXr23Rv48fIMKbwm708R5PE_u9HB_qV8va6RyPJSZCbYI

DavidZornig commented about Ute Theatre on Nov 9, 2021 at 5:38 pm

“Lust for Life” at the Ute Theatre was released 9/17/56.

DavidZornig commented about Wilson Avenue Theater on Nov 9, 2021 at 4:12 pm

Update with video.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/11/09/double-door-plans-to-open-next-year-in-uptown-but-some-lucky-fans-have-been-getting-a-sneak-peek/?fbclid=IwAR1MiReefAlbNTgbkm-GeZbx1g8SUWl5UB7y9uacfkl-tHBXv2bwhFIl8Ms

DavidZornig commented about Utah Drive-In on Nov 9, 2021 at 4:37 am

davidcoppock, that reopening was as the Starlite (Star-Lite) Drive-in. I posted the Grand Opening ad with those films on it in 2017. Link from the Photos gallery below.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/29850/photos/207019

DavidZornig commented about Million Dollar Theatre on Nov 9, 2021 at 2:21 am

Secret Movie Club is screening “It’s A Wonderful Life” on Christmas Eve.
Link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/35mm-its-a-wonderful-life-the-million-dollar-theater-tickets-206410688927?fbclid=IwAR0pSAl9o98SsIbK24jNv8IJQW0HpTxWcxqGlDw84x-xfMC_GIRle1mMge0

DavidZornig commented about Cine Arte Normandie on Nov 7, 2021 at 4:29 pm

11/06/21 screening of “Xanadu”, photos added credit Carlos Cornejo.

DavidZornig commented about Ritz Theatre on Nov 6, 2021 at 7:09 pm

October 2019 street view shows it is now split up into 4 separate retail spaces.