Famous Theatre

3644 W. Chicago Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60651

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Paul153
Paul153 on October 28, 2011 at 11:09 am

When I was a boy I was in the Cub Scouts. I seem to recall that we had our monthly “pack” meetings in what was then, a VFW hall called the “Alamo Post” or later the “Pat Petrone Post”. It was located directly accross the street from the Alamo theater. I think this is the building. This would have been aproximately 1956-1958.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 7, 2007 at 6:08 pm

Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3xpgva

Broan
Broan on November 23, 2007 at 12:53 pm

Opened 1916

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 10, 2007 at 1:58 pm

A Gottfried theater organ was installed in the Famous Theater in 1926.

JAY12
JAY12 on February 19, 2006 at 3:44 am

My memory of this theater in the early 50s is that it was kind of shabby, cheaply built! Nowhere near as nice as the alamo. My older brother said that a rat ran across his foot while wathing a movie there.
That same brother got several organ pipes from the small organ that was in the theater when it was being demolished and would stick them in the tailpipes of cars to hear them whistle.