Studio Cinema
6501 W. 95th Street,
Chicago Ridge,
IL
60415
6501 W. 95th Street,
Chicago Ridge,
IL
60415
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The Studio Cinema was opened in 1962 and closed in 1979. It was demolished soon afterward to make way for the Chicago Ridge Mall.
The theatre was operated during the 1970’s by General Cinema Corporation. It was listed in most of the theatre listings in the Chicago Tribune during the 1960’s and 1970’s, as being in Oak Lawn, the suburb that borders Chicago Ridge, but the address today would be considered Chicago Ridge.
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Bryan Krefft
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The recent opening of the Studio Theatre was mentioned in Boxoffice of May 7, 1962, though the magazine gave the location of the theater as Oak Lawn. The item said it was the first in a planned circuit of “astronaut-inspired” theaters. Apparently it was also the last, as the phrase “astronaut-inspired” never again appears in Boxoffice.
I hope 2001 played there.
This was a God-awful theater, and none of my family or friends were sad to see it go. It was always run down and dirty, many of the seats were sticky (not just the floors which were typical of most theaters back then), acoustics were horrible, if you could hear the soundtrack at all good luck making out the dialog. Also the management was so cheap they would actually turn off the air conditioning in the middle of the movie during the hot summer days! By the time the film ended we would all be stampeding out the doors to get to the fresh air. One time a friend and I were there and he went to the soda machine, and after putting in his money he gets ice, pop, and cup in that order!
As to the confusion about the location: the Studio was located in Oak Lawn throughout its existence. The Village of Chicago Ridge annexed the area prior to the development of the mall.