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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Illinois » Franklin Park » Rose Theatre
Also known as Village Cinema

Rose Theatre

Franklin Park, IL
3034 Rose Street
, Franklin Park, IL 60131 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Quonset Hut
Function: Unknown
Seats: 600
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Opened in 1949, the Rose Theatre was one of a number of theaters built in the Quonset Hut-style.

A modest neighborhood house, the Rose Theatre (later renamed the Village Cinema) closed in 1981 and was subsequently demolished.

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Dig Through the Decades - 1940s Continued (Historical Franklin Park Businesses)
Contributed by Paul Neeley

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Dose anybody know what was the last movie shown at the rose?...I would like to know.
posted by AARON WOOD on Feb 4, 2004 at 10:11pm
Aaron in the seveties the Rose screened adult movies if my memory is correct.
posted by szyd on Jan 27, 2005 at 6:56am
In a 1970 Chicago Tribune movie listing, this theater is listed as the Village Cinema, playing Russ Meyer's "Vixen" and "The Party" with Peter Sellers.
posted by Bryan Krefft on Apr 30, 2005 at 2:43pm
I lived in Schiller Park. Went to the Rose often. Saw House On Haunted Hill and Premature Burial there as a teen. Carol Ries
posted by Carol Ries on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:54am
In 1955 the Rose Theater had 600 seats.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 14, 2008 at 6:59pm
The opening date of 1941 currently given is wrong. The Rose had recently opened when it was featured in the April 2, 1949, issue of Boxoffice Magazine. The all aluminum pre-fab metal building was built by the Reynolds Metal Company, and adapted for theater use by Fairfield Enterprises Inc., designers and builders. The 600-seat house was built for $60 a seat, compared to a cost of $150 to $200 a seat for conventional theater construction at the time.
posted by Joe Vogel on Jun 12, 2009 at 5:11pm
Makes sense to me Joe. The Rose is not listed in 1945. It is listed in 1950 with no seat count given. In 1955 the seating was 600 as I already posted last November.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 12, 2009 at 5:32pm
Here are two photos from 1949:

Exterior Photo

Interior Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 11, 2009 at 10:48am
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