Carnegie Theatre
1026 N. Rush Street,
Chicago,
IL
60611
1026 N. Rush Street,
Chicago,
IL
60611
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Thank you. That was not included in the 1964-1980 list of bookings, that was posted in the comments December 25, 2007. It would go in between these two:
4/4/80 – NIJINSKY
4/25/80 – NIGHT GAMES
The Carnegie also held the one night only premiere of the locally produced movie THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN on Wednesday, April 23, 1980.
Enlargeable version of the 10/01/76-10/07/76 William C. Brubaker image.
https://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/uic/59/tb0xv5v/
Thursday October 12, 1967 Grand Opening print ad added credit Chicago Tribune, via Tim O'Neill. This is the post 1966 fire re-opening after being rebuilt.
1964 night shot of the Carnegie marquee at 8:20 in the below video. I never knew the early vertical sign letters swept up and down, because I was too young at the time when we lived around the corner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAwN1poy_Lw&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1hYgEhIDHvDn_5KlU-jtEb3n_WCxn0kgrict3VN8tKnlUvUchV1lHGdoQ
State Street backside of the Carnegie in 1965 at 3:11 in the below Facebook video of “Mickey One” courtesy Mister Kelly’s Chicago. The Store a tavern mocked up as Club Xanadu for the film at 2:47 is also the former second location of The Gate of Horn at 1036 N. State.
https://www.facebook.com/misterkellyschicago/videos/2469651733300262/UzpfSTEwMDAwMTU2NDcwNzM2MTozNTkwOTUyNzE3NjMzNTE2/?comment_id=3590957037633084¬if_id=1597766679787733¬if_t=comment_mention
At 4:58 a brief glimpse of the Carnegie Theatre reconstruction site in 1967, after the 1966 fire. Mister Kelly’s already rebuilt and reopened that May. View of the State Street side after that. Courtesy J.J. Sedelmaier.
https://vimeo.com/395964588?fbclid=IwAR2oyOZTms419R5lxi2IR5l_IraytCINRS5vCtJ4RppoIqv-WvmEhhcQeGk
November 21,1979 photo added courtesy of Joe Lynn via Craig Locaciato. Steve Dahl & Gary Meier during a live broadcast of The Coho Breakfast Club at the Carnegie Theatre. Steve is breaking a copy of the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack over his head.
“The Graduate” opened here fifty years ago today. The film went on to play six months (day-and-date with the Loop). And here’s a new retrospective article which includes some exhibition history (and other) details to commemorate the classic film’s golden anniversary.
December 3rd, 1949 grand opening ad as Carnegie in the photo section.
1963 image added copyright Dexter Press Inc. From their 1964 post card published by Cameo Greeting Cards Inc. Good example of the original Carnegie marquee. Before the 1966 fire.
‘…also the Carnegie Theatre had exclusive Chicago premiere runs of “Young Frankenstein” and “Silent Movie”.’
And as I vaguely recall, “Monty Pyhton & The Holy Grail” made its Chicago debut here.
Article and photo source for 1965 marquee pic.
http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/cinema-began-home-chicago-international-film-festival-founder/
Saw ‘Purple Rain’ at the Carnegie when it came out in 1984. Good Times!
http://chuckmanchicagonostalgia.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/photo-chicago-rush-oak-and-state-aerial-mr-kellys-nightclub-center-1966.jpg A photo of the original Canegie post-fire
We likely crossed paths radbid. I was 11, and went to every one of those Chaplin movies. If you’d like, I can send you a jpeg of my original picture of the Carnegie marquee with the Chaplin festival posted above in the Photo section. It’d make a nice anniversary card for your wife. Drop me an e-mail, and I’ll forward you the pic.
Forty years ago in 1971, my wife and I were dating. We would go to the Carnegie and see newly re-released Charlie Chaplin movies that hadn’t been seen in years. After the movie, we crossed the street for beers and Italian beef sandwiches at Jay’s bar. It’s sad they both are gone, but we still have those great memories.
Sorry captain54, didn’t see your question until today. I’ll have to ask around about Isbells. It appears from ken mc’s 04/18/09 photo to be in the building that housed The Athenian Room in the late
60's, and later Faces in the70’s. It’s now the “new” Barney’s of New York who vacated the old Oak Tree spot across the street.To ken mc, the Singapore Room was indeed a restaurant. I posted previously about the colorful, animated neon monkeys that adorned that very marquee. A sign that was also seen in the opening montage of WGN’s old Night Beat news program with Jack Taylor, and later Marty McNeely. Good old Carl Greyson hosted a few times as well.
thanks David….very interesting….
do you have any info on “Isbell’s” .. closing? opening? I know the owner/founder was instrumental in the Ramada Inn chain… I see that marquee in many vintage pix of Rush St.
B&G was a 24 hour diner type restaurant. It had multiple booths that looked out of windows facing the Oak Street Side, and one that faced the Rush Street side. It later became The Oak Tree restaurant. Both served the Rush St. night life crowd on a continual basis.
There was one regular, rather surly waitress that worked at B&G. Notorious for just throwing your plates on the table.
In the picture posted by Ken Mc, does anyone know what the establishment with the B/G sign at the SE corner of Rush and Oak was?
Just another reminder to CT Admins, the year of the fire in the opening bio of the Carnegie needs to be changed from 1996 to 1966.
Also when it finally closed as a theater in 1986, it became Hamburger Hamlet first. It then opened as Hugo’s Frog Bar in 1996.
The former Mister Kelly’s site next door was Sweetwater up until 1989, when it reopened as Gibson’s.
Down the street, the 2 story former Norge Village Laundromat(
60's-70’s), later Rubus Jungle (Ice Cream & Miniature Golf- late`70’s), then Guaduala-Harrys, thenu El Torito became Carmines in 1995.View link
Does anyone know if the Tati movie,Playtime, was shown at the Carnegie?
Does anyone know if the Tati movie,Playtime, was shown at the Carnegie?