Ritz Theatre
6337 W. Roosevelt Road,
Berwyn,
IL
60402
6337 W. Roosevelt Road,
Berwyn,
IL
60402
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The Ritz opened in 1926 and was closed in 1978. In 1986, the Ritz was gutted and converted into the Atrium Court condominiums, which still stands at Roosevelt and Ridgeland. The facade of the former theater building was retained.
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Michael Kuecker
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Someone somewhere must have pictures of the interior of The Ritz! The Theatre Historical Society has nothing at all. :(
My grandma might have some pictures of the Ritz.I’m going to look through some of the boxes of pictures.My family owned a house less than a block away from the Ritz from 1926 to 1992.I could see the Ritz from home at 1222 Highland ave.
Thanks josephdkovarik :)
It would help a lot.
Does anyone remember that a kid was accidently shot by his brother in the theater in the 60’s? I was there and heard the shot go off. It sounded so loud in there. Some boys broke into a home and stole some guns and hid in the theater. One boy was sitting behind his brother and the gun went off, and the bullet went thruogh the seat into his brothers back. Does anyone have knowledge or information about this?
Someone mentioned that there was a murder at the Ritz back in the 1920s. This is a free portion of a NY Times story dated May 1, 1928.
MOVIE GIRL MURDER ALARMS CHICAGOANS; Civic Leaders Lay Callous Staying to “Alliance of Crime and Politics.” ABANDONED AUTO A CLUE Search for Bandit Slayers Leads to “Badlands” of West Side and Drainage Canal. Crime Described at Inquest. Civic Leaders Denounce Conditions.
CHICAGO, April 30.—The search for those who killed Pearl Eggleston, 17-year-old usher, on Sunday night during a $1,400 robbery of the Ritz Movie Theatre, 6334 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, swept tonight through the badlands of the southwest side, just out of the Chicago limits, following the finding of the robbers' automobile at Archer and Long Avenues.
uly 20, 1928
YOUTHS PLEAD GUILTY TO SLAYING GIRL USHER; Four Break Down in Chicago Court on Seeing Sobbing Mother of Victim.
CHICAGO, July 19.—The four youths who admitted participating in the robbery of a Berwyn, Ill., movie theatre in which Miss Pearl Eggleston, 17 years old, an usher, was shot and killed, will on Monday learn whether they will go to the electric chair or life imprisonment.
Someone mentioned that there was a murder at the Ritz back in the 1920s. This is a free portion of a NY Times story dated May 1, 1928.
MOVIE GIRL MURDER ALARMS CHICAGOANS; Civic Leaders Lay Callous Staying to “Alliance of Crime and Politics.” ABANDONED AUTO A CLUE Search for Bandit Slayers Leads to “Badlands” of West Side and Drainage Canal. Crime Described at Inquest. Civic Leaders Denounce Conditions.
CHICAGO, April 30.—The search for those who killed Pearl Eggleston, 17-year-old usher, on Sunday night during a $1,400 robbery of the Ritz Movie Theatre, 6334 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, swept tonight through the badlands of the southwest side, just out of the Chicago limits, following the finding of the robbers' automobile at Archer and Long Avenues.
uly 20, 1928
YOUTHS PLEAD GUILTY TO SLAYING GIRL USHER; Four Break Down in Chicago Court on Seeing Sobbing Mother of Victim.
CHICAGO, July 19.—The four youths who admitted participating in the robbery of a Berwyn, Ill., movie theatre in which Miss Pearl Eggleston, 17 years old, an usher, was shot and killed, will on Monday learn whether they will go to the electric chair or life imprisonment.
Here are two 1982 photos:
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Photo2
josephdkovarik, I’m very interested in seeing pictures of the Ritz Theater. You can e-mail me at
Here’s one of my pictures of the Ritz from a couple years ago.
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Here’s one of my pictures of the Ritz from a couple years ago.
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