River Oaks Theaters 2 & 3
1370 Torrance Avenue,
Calumet City,
IL
60409
1370 Torrance Avenue,
Calumet City,
IL
60409
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Here’s a listing of what I’ve got for #2 thanks to the microfilm.
4/23/82- CAT PEOPLE
6/11/82- HANKY PANKY plus VISITING HOURS
6/25/82- BLADE RUNNER
8/13/82- BAMBI
9/3/82- INCUBUS
2/18/83- WITHOUT A TRACE
4/15/83- MONTY PYTHON’S MEANING OF LIFE
5/25/83- BLUE THUNDER
6/10/83- TRADING PLACES
9/23/83- WARGAMES plus FLASHDANCE
9/30/83- FLASHDANCE plus CHAINED HEAT
10/21/83 THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW
10/28/83- THE FINAL TERROR
11/23/83- THE BIG CHILL
12/9/83- SUDDEN IMPACT
5/11/84- ALPHABET CITY plus HARDBODIES
9/21/84- GREMLINS
10/26/84- THE RAZOR’S EDGE
12/5/84- SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
12/14/84- FALLING IN LOVE
3/22/85- THE BREAKFAST CLUB
4/26/85- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
7/5/85- RED SONJA
10/11/85- BETTER OFF DEAD
2/21/86- THE COLOR PURPLE
4/18/86- MURPHY’S LAW
8/15/86- THE KARATE KID PART 2
9/12/86- AMERICAN JUSTICE
10/3/86- SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT
11/21/86- 52 PICK-UP
1/16/87- AN AMERICAN TAIL plus CRIMES OF THE HEART
4/24/87- EVIL DEAD 2
5/1/87- AMERICAN NINJA 2: THE CONFRONTATION
5/20/87- ISHTAR
7/17/87- FULL METAL JACKET
10/9/87- THREE O'CLOCK HIGH
2/12/88- SATISFACTION
¾/88- THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW
5/6/88- BLOODSPORT
7/20/88- BIG
5/19/89- MISS FIRECRACKER
6/9/89- FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2
9/15/89- NIGHT GAME
Of note, a lot of these movies may have opened here earlier. It’ll take me a while to gather up all the stuff I have for 3,4.
Awesome! Thank you. I wish I had got to go here. Everyone tells me that it was a nice place up there with the other RO screens. I’ll post my booking list in a few.
Here are the bookings for theater #3 from its opening in 1975 through 1981.
6/27/75 – JACQUELINE SUSANN’S ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
7/11/75 – THE DROWNING POOL
8/1/75 – NIGHT MOVES
8/8/75 – THE EXORCIST
8/22/75 – HENNESSEY
8/29/75 – RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER
9/12/75 – THE HAPPY HOOKER
9/26/75 – GIVE EM HELL, HARRY
10/3/75 – BEYOND THE DOOR
10/24/75- LISTZOMANIA
10/31/75- THE WAY WE WERE
11/7/75 – LOVE AND DEATH
11/14/75- FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
11/21/75- THE OUTER SPACE CONNECTION
12/5/75 – ABDUCTION
12/12/75- OLD DRACULA
12/19/75- YESSONGS
12/25/75- HUSTLE
2/6/76 – LET’S DO IT AGAIN
2/20/76 – THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
4/9/76 – FANTASIA
4/16/76 – ECHOES OF A SUMMER
4/30/76 – ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
5/14/76 – GRIZZLY
5/28/76 – EMBRYO
6/11/76 – FAMILY PLOT
6/18/76 – BLAZING SADDLES
6/25/76 – LIFEGUARD
7/2/76 – ODE TO BILLY JOE
7/23/76 – THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
8/13/76 – THE GUMBALL RALLY
8/27/76 – OBSESSION
10/8/76 – THE RITZ
11/19/76- BUGSY MALONE
12/17/76- NETWORK
2/11/77 – TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING
3/11/77 – SILVER STREAK
4/1/77 – DEMON SEED
4/22/77 – SLUMBER PARTY 57
4/29/77 – NASTY HABITS
5/20/77 – ROCKY
5/27/77 – WIZARDS
6/3/77 – THE STING
6/17/77 – THE DEEP
8/12/77 – MARCH OR DIE
8/26/77 – YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
9/16/77 – THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING
9/23/77 – THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES TO WASHINGTON
9/30/77 – I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN
10/7/77 – OH, GOD
12/16/77- SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
4/28/78 – F.I.S.T.
5/19/78 – THE TURNING POINT
6/2/78 – CAPRICORN ONE
6/30/78 – THE JUNGLE BOOK plus THE SIGN OF ZORRO
7/21/78 – REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER
8/25/78 – ANIMAL HOUSE
11/10/78- PARADISE ALLEY
12/22/78- INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
1/19/79 – BEYOND AND BACK
2/9/79 – THE WARRIORS
4/13/79 – HURRICANE
4/27/79 – OLD BOYFRIENDS
5/11/79 – A LITTLE ROMANCE
5/25/79 – DAWN OF THE DEAD
6/15/79 – BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS
6/22/79 – ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
8/3/79 – NORTH DALLAS FORTY
9/21/79 – RICH KIDS
9/28/79 – TIME AFTER TIME
10/19/79- AVALANCHE EXPRESS
11/2/79 – SLEEPING BEAUTY
11/16/79- IN SEARCH OF HISTORIC JESUS
11/30/79- BREAKING AWAY
12/7/79 – THE ROSE
12/14/79- 1941
2/1/80 – A FORCE OF ONE
2/8/80 – THE LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA
3/7/80 – COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER
3/21/80 – LITTLE DARLINGS
4/4/80 – THE BLACK STALLION
5/23/80 – FRIDAY THE 13TH
5/30/80 – SILENT SCREAM
6/13/80 – THE SHINING
7/18/80 – CHEECH AND CHONG’S NEXT MOVIE
8/1/80 – RAISE THE TITANIC
8/29/80 – MY BODYGUARD
9/26/80 – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
10/3/80 – STARDUST MEMORIES
10/10/80- OH, GOD BOOK II
10/24/80- THE ELEPHANT MAN
12/5/80 – SONG OF THE SOUTH
12/19/80- ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN
2/13/81 – THE DOGS OF WAR
2/27/81 – RAGING BULL
3/6/81 – ALL NIGHT LONG
3/20/81 – EARTHBOUND
4/10/81 – EXCALIBUR
5/22/81 – BUSTIN LOOSE
5/29/81 – THE FOUR SEASONS
6/19/81 – THE CANNONBALL RUN
7/10/81 – ON THE RIGHT TRACK
7/31/81 – VICTORY
8/21/81 – COMIN AT YA
8/28/81 – FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
9/18/81 – STRIKING BACK plus KILL AND KILL AGAIN
9/25/81 – STRIPES
10/2/81 – BODY HEAT
11/6/81 – CHANEL SOLITAIRE
11/13/81- TATTOO plus BODY AND SOUL
11/20/81- THE BOOGENS
12/4/81 – THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN
12/18/81- GHOST STORY
Here are the bookings for theater #2 from its opening in 1972 through 1981.
8/11/72 – WHAT’S UP DOC?
8/18/72 – PRIME CUT
9/1/72 – JOE KIDD
9/15/72 – JUNIOR BONNER
9/29/72 – PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT
10/20/72- WHERE DOES IT HURT?
11/10/72- GONE WITH THE WIND
11/17/72- EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX……
12/8/72 – AL CAPONE plus YOUNG DILLINGER
12/15/72- 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
12/22/72- UP THE SANDBOX
2/9/73 – LADY SINGS TEH BLUES
2/23/73 – DELIVERANCE
3/2/73 – JEREMIAH JOHNSON
3/16/73 – THE TRAIN ROBBERS
3/30/73 – THE GODFATHER
4/13/73 – CABARET
4/20/73 – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN
5/11/73 – THE GETAWAY
5/25/73 – SAVE THE TIGER
6/8/73 – CARNAL KNOWLEDGE plus THE GRADUATE
6/15/73 – HITLER: THE LAST TEN DAYS
6/29/73 – CAMELOT
7/13/73 – THE LAST OF SHEILA
7/27/73 – BLUME IN LOVE
9/21/73 – ROMEO AND JULIET
10/5/73 – ENTER THE DRAGON
10/12/73- 40 CARATS
10/19/73- THE OUTFIT
10/26/73- MAS*H
11/16/73- AMERICAN GRAFFITI
12/25/73- THE STING
3/29/74 – MAME
5/17/74 – BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
5/31/74 – BLAZING SADDLES
6/21/74 – THE EXORCIST
7/19/74 – THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
8/2/74 – OUR TIME
8/16/74 – ZANDY’S BRIDE
8/23/74 – THE THREE MUSKETEERS
8/30/74 – THE TERMINAL MAN
9/6/74 – UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
9/13/74 – DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
9/20/74 – MACON COUNTY LINE
10/4/74 – THE GROOVE TUBE plus REEFER MADNESS
10/25/74- FANTASIA
11/1/74 – THE SAVAGE IS LOOSE
11/29/74- THE BEARS AND I plus THE SHAGGY DOG
12/6/74 – THE FAMILY plus POLICEWOMEN
12/25/74- FREEBIE AND THE BEAN
2/14/75 – THE TOWERING INFERNO
5/9/75 – MARY, MARY BLOODY MARY
5/23/75 – DAY OF THE LOCUST
6/13/75 – RACE WITH THE DEVIL
6/20/75 – SHAMPOO
7/18/75 – ALOHA BOBBY AND ROSE
7/25/75 – THE FORTUNE
8/8/75 – WHITE LINE FEVER
8/15/75 – YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
8/22/75 – MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
9/19/75 – RETURN TO MACON COUNTY
9/26/75 – FAREWELL, MY LOVELY
10/3/75 – GIVE EM HELL, HARRY
10/17/75- WHIFFS
10/24/75- DOG DAY AFTERNOON
12/25/75- BARRY LYNDON
3/12/76 – GONE WITH THE WIND
3/26/76 – FANTASIA
4/9/76 – ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
6/18/76 – LIFEGUARD
6/25/76 – THE BIG BUS
7/23/76 – GUS plus BAMBI
8/6/76 – THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PART 2
8/13/76 – MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL plus THE PRODUCERS
8/20/76 – THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
8/27/76 – THE POM POM GIRLS
9/17/76 – THE SHOOTIST
10/8/76 – A MATTER OF TIME
10/22/76- THE GREAT SCOUT AND CATHOUSE THURSDAY
10/29/76- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
11/5/76 – MIDWAY
11/12/76- TWO MINUTE WARNING
12/24/76- A STAR IS BORN
3/25/77 – AIRPORT 77
5/6/77 – ROCKY
5/20/77 – THE GREATEST
6/3/77 – THE FARMER
6/10/77 – GONE IN 60 SECONDS plus GO FOR IT
6/17/77 – EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
7/22/77 – OUTLAW BLUES
7/29/77 – THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING
9/16/77 – I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN
9/30/77 – KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE
10/21/77- LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR
12/16/77- OH, GOD
12/23/77- THE GAUNTLET
2/3/78 – HIGH ANXIETY
3/17/78 – AN UNMARRIED WOMAN
5/19/78 – F.I.S.T.
6/9/78 – DAMIEN: OMEN II
7/14/78 – THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN
7/28/78 – SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
8/25/78 – REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER
9/15/78 – GREASE
9/29/78 – DEATH ON THE NILE
11/10/78- ANIMAL HOUSE
11/17/78- PARADISE ALLEY
12/8/78 – FOUL PLAY
12/15/78- OLIVER’S STORY
1/12/79 – DAYS OF HEAVEN
1/19/79 – INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
2/2/79 – MOVIE, MOVIE
2/9/79 – MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
2/16/79 – QUINTET
2/23/79 – FASTBREAK
4/6/79 – A PERFECT COUPLE
4/13/79 – COMING HOME
5/4/79 – DAWN OF THE DEAD
5/25/79 – ALIEN
8/3/79 – THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
9/14/79 – HOOPER
9/21/79 – ANIMAL HOUSE
10/5/79 – STARTING OVER
11/9/79 – APOCALYPSE NOW
12/14/79- THE ROSE
1/18/80 – THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
1/25/80 – THE ROSE
2/1/80 – FATSO
2/15/80 – A FORCE OF ONE
2/29/80 – WILDERNESS FAMILY PART 2
3/7/80 – THE LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA
3/14/80 – SIMON
4/4/80 – COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER
4/18/80 – LADY AND THE TRAMP
4/25/80 – WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
5/9/80 – FRIDAY THE 13TH
5/23/80 – TOM HORN
6/6/80 – AMERICAN GIGOLO plus THE WARRIORS
6/13/80 – URBAN COWBOY
7/25/80 – BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
8/1/80 – THE HUNTER
8/22/80 – SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II
9/26/80 – THE BLUES BROTHERS
10/3/80 – SOMEWHERE IN TIME
10/17/80- HOPSCOTCH
11/14/80- THE IDOLMAKER
12/5/80 – THE ELEPHANT MAN
12/19/80- RAGING BULL
1/30/81 – THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN
2/13/81 – JONI
2/27/81 – COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER
3/6/81 – PRIVATE BENJAMIN plus THE GREAT SANTINI
3/13/81 – BACK ROADS
4/3/81 – ORDINARY PEOPLE
4/17/81 – CAVEMAN
5/1/81 – KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
5/8/81 – SLEEPING BEAUTY
5/15/81 – AIRPLANE plus POPEYE
5/22/81 – DEATH HUNT
6/5/81 – HIGH RISK plus THE OCTAGON
6/12/81 – RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
7/31/81 – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
8/21/81 – FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
8/28/81 – BODY HEAT
10/2/81 – PATERNITY
10/9/81 – TRUE CONFESSIONS
11/20/81- HALLOWEEN II plus TATTOO
12/4/81 – REDS
12/11/81- KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE plus AIRPLANE
12/18/81- SHARKY’S MACHINE