63rd Street Theatre

706 E. 63rd Street,
Chicago, IL 60637

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btkrefft
btkrefft on April 9, 2010 at 11:20 am

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…

btkrefft
btkrefft on December 8, 2008 at 4:48 pm

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".