Lil Theatre
Madison Street,
Forest Park,
IL
60130
Madison Street,
Forest Park,
IL
60130
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This Forest Park movie house was located, like the larger Forest Theatre, on Madison Street. It sat 500 and was in operation from around the 1910’s into the 1940’s. The building now serves as the Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor.
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Bryan Krefft
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The Lil had its auditorium converted into warehouse space for the liquor retailer next door. A friend of mine who worked at the store took me in back to show what remained, which wasn’t much.
The vertical sign and marquee of the Lil can be seen to the right just behind the streetcar at http://davesrailpix.com/cwt/htm/cwt221.htm
Back in the mid 40s, my brother and I used to be taken to the Lil almost every Saturday afternoon. The theatre was filled with kids who got to watch, not only 2 full-length pictures (one always was a western) but also a continuing serial. So our parents had at least a 3 hour reprieve, and we had our enjoyment.