63rd Street Theatre
706 E. 63rd Street,
Chicago,
IL
60637
706 E. 63rd Street,
Chicago,
IL
60637
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The Langley Hippodrome opened in 1913 for the Alfred Hamburger circuit in the Woodlawn neighborhood, and was located on 63rd Street at Langley Avenue. In 1915, it was renamed Langley Theatre.
In 1945, the theater was remodeled by the Gollos Brothers chain which operated it by that time and renamed the 63rd Street Theatre. The theater was closed four years later. The building that housed the theater has since been demolished.
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Bryan Krefft
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The April 28, 1945 edition of Boxoffice reports the following:
“George and Harold Gollos, operators of the South Side circuit (seven theaters), say that the 63rd Street Theatre, formerly the Langley, will reopen, showing imported motion picture classics, the first of which is "The Great Mr. Handel”. The house has been all remodeled".
The Chicago Tribune dated 8/22/13:
MOTION PICTURE OPERATOR ELECTROCTED; ACTORS IN DARK PREVENT RUSH
A severe electrical storm accompanied by high wind and hail marked a path across the south part of Chicago last night…A motion picture operator was electrocuted as he operated his machine at the Langley Hippodrome at Sixty-third street and Langley avenue. James Lovelle, 1127 Winona avenue, motion picture operator, electrocuted…