Carnegie Theatre
1026 N. Rush Street,
Chicago,
IL
60611
1026 N. Rush Street,
Chicago,
IL
60611
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Here are the bookings for the Carnegie from 1964 through 1981
1/3/64 – THE CONJUGAL BED
1/10/64 – 3 FABLES OF LOVE
1/31/64 – 8 1/2
2/21/64 – CHARADE
3/20/64 – THE SILENCE
5/8/64 – LILLIES OF THE FIELD
5/15/64 – WEEKEND
6/5/64 – LOLITA
6/12/64 – TOM JONES
6/26/64 – THE EASY LIFE
7/31/64 – WAR OF THE BUTTONS
8/14/64 – CARTOUCHE
9/18/64 – THE MILLIONAIRESS plus I LIKE MONEY
9/25/64 – ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO
10/9/64 – HENRY V
10/16/64- JULIUS CAESAR
10/23/64- ROMEO AND JULIET
10/30/64- HAMLET
11/6/64 – NURSE ON WHEELS
11/13/64- THE 3 PENNY OPERA
11/20/64- I’M ALRIGHT, JACK plus THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW
12/11/64- A DAY AT THE RACES plus A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
12/25/64- MARRAIGE – ITALIAN STYLE
4/23/65 – GOLDFINGER
5/7/65 – YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
5/14/65 – THE PETRIFIED FOREST plus KEY LARGO
5/21/65 – THE MALTESE FALCON plus HIGH SIERRA
5/28/65 – THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE plus CASABLANCA
6/4/65 – GOLDSTEIN
7/2/65 – THE PAWNBROKER
8/6/65 – CASANOVA 70
10/8/65 – DARLING
11/19/65- SALLAH
12/22/65- JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
2/11/66 – THEATER CLOSED DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE
10/12/67- THE FAMILY WAY
11/17/67- THE 3RD ANNUAL CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL
11/24/67- THE FAMILY WAY
12/22/67- THE GRADUATE
6/21/68 – BENJAMIN
7/19/68 – THE PRODUCERS
9/18/68 – ISABEL
10/9/68 – ROMEO AND JULIET
3/28/69 – THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
5/30/69 – IF……
8/13/69 – LAST SUMMER
10/29/69- OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR
12/17/69- DOWNHILL RACER
2/13/70 – THE DAMNED
3/18/70 – THE BOYS IN THE BAND
5/28/70 – THE MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART
6/18/70 – FELLINI’S SATYRICON
7/16/70 – TRILOGY
8/14/70 – HELLO GOODBYE
8/28/70 – CRUNCH
9/16/70 – THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY
10/21/70- MONTEREY POP
11/6/70 – THE 6TH ANNUAL CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL
11/20/70- LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY
1/15/71 – THIS MAN MUST DIE
1/29/71 – THE TWELVE CHAIRS
2/26/71 – TRASH
4/2/71 – THE CONFESSION
4/23/71 – THE LICKERISH QUARTET
5/19/71 – THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
6/9/71 – ANNA KARENINA plus CAMILLE
6/16/71 – BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH
7/30/71 – ON ANY SUNDAY
8/27/71 – FRIENDS
9/24/71 – ADRIFT
10/8/71 – UMAN, WITTERING AND ZIGO
10/22/71- A DAY AT THE RACES plus AT THE CIRCUS
10/29/71- A NIGHT AT THE OPERA plus THE BIG STORE
11/5/71 – THE CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL
11/19/71- JOE HILL
12/10/71- KING OF HEARTS plus POPI
12/17/71- SUMMER OF 42 plus LAST SUMMER
12/25/71- HAROLD AND MAUDE
1/20/72 – MODERN TIMES
2/25/72 – CITY LIGHTS
3/17/72 – THE GREAT DICTATOR
4/14/72 – LIMELIGHT
5/5/72 – MONSIEUR VERDOUX
5/19/72 – THE CHAPLIN REVUE
6/2/72 – A KING IN NEW YORK
6/16/72 – EASY RIDER
7/7/72 – THE HOSPITAL plus WHERE’S POPPA?
7/14/72 – THE GODFATHER
9/8/72 – OH, CALCUTTA
9/29/72 – FAT CITY
10/20/72- THE RULING CLASS
12/8/72 – THE GANG’S ALL HERE
12/22/72- THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS
1/12/73 – FELLINI’S ROMA
2/16/73 – THE HEARTBREAK KID
4/20/73 – BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON
5/11/73 – CHILD’S PLAY
5/25/73 – COBRA WOMAN plus WHITE SAVAGE
6/1/73 – THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT
7/6/73 – A TOUCH OF CLASS
10/19/73- THE PAPER CHASE
12/20/73- DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
3/1/74 – A TOUCH OF CLASS
3/22/74 – THE CANDIDATE plus TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE
3/29/74 – SLEEPER
4/10/74 – THE CONVERSATION
6/7/74 – NOTORIOUS plus REBECCA
6/14/74 – SPELLBOUND plus THE PARADINE CASE
6/21/74 – PSYCHO plus TORN CURTAIN
6/28/74 – THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH
7/19/74 – LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE ROLLING STONES
8/16/74 – THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB
9/20/74 – THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ
11/1/74 – SCENES FROM A MARRAIGE
12/22/74- YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
5/7/75 – A BRIEF VACATION
6/7/75 – MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
8/22/75 – THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH
10/10/75- ROYAL FLASH
11/7/75 – FANTASIA
12/19/75- THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER
2/20/76 – SWEPT AWAY
4/16/76 – NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE
5/21/76 – ALL SCREWED UP
6/11/76 – A HARD DAY’S NIGHT plus YELLOW SUBMARINE plus LET IT BE
6/30/76 – SILENT MOVIE
9/24/76 – THE MAGIC FLUTE
10/1/76 – HAROLD AND MAUDE plus KING OF HEARTS
10/8/76 – THE RITZ
11/19/76- KEETJE TIPPEL
12/10/76- BANANAS plus SLEEPER plus EVERYTHING ABOUT SEX…..
12/22/76- SILVER STREAK
2/18/77 – VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
3/18/77 – PUMPING IRON
4/15/77 – THE WONDERFUL CROOK
5/6/77 – FELLINI’S CASANOVA
5/27/77 – PROVIDENCE
6/10/77 – 3 WOMEN
7/15/77 – FANTASIA
8/26/77 – OUTRAGEOUS!
10/7/77 – VALENTINO
11/4/77 – THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
11/17/77- THE TURNING POINT
4/29/78 – MADAME ROSA
6/2/78 – THE LAST WALTZ
7/28/78 – DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS
9/8/78 – BREAD AND CHOCOLATE
10/6/78 – DAYS OF HEAVEN
12/22/78- UNCLE JOE SHANNON
1/5/79 – STROSZEK
1/12/79 – WATERSHIP DOWN
2/2/79 – GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS
3/9/79 – MURDER BY DECREE
4/13/79 – WIFEMISTRESS
6/1/79 – GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS
6/15/79 – MALICIOUS
6/29/79 – THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
7/27/79 – JUST YOU AND ME KID
8/3/79 – NEWSFRONT
8/17/79 – MEATBALLS
9/7/79 – PEPPERMINT SODA
10/19/79- AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
12/7/79 – MALICIOUS
12/14/79- ANNIE HALL plus MANHATTAN plus EVERYTHING ABOUT SEX….
12/21/79- THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN
2/15/80 – CRUISING
3/14/80 – BLOOD FEUD
3/21/80 – LITTLE DARLINGS
4/4/80 – NIJINSKY
4/25/80 – NIGHT GAMES
5/16/80 – THE HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS
5/23/80 – TIL MARRAIGE DO US PART
6/20/80 – BRUBAKER
7/18/80 – THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
7/25/80 – Theater Closed FOR Live Stage Show
11/7/80 – THE CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL
11/28/80- THE IMMORTAL BACHELOR
12/19/80- ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN
No, I don’t think that ever fell through. It was probably because of the Esquire being built nearby.
Looking at the area(rush near Walton) now, it would be ripe for an art-house theater.
I was at the “Star Wars” event, and it was the first and only time I was ever there. I really wish I had the chance to see more movies there, as it seemed like a very cool theatre.
The Carnegie showed great movies, and always had very hip audiences. I remember sitting in packed houses that roared with laughter at first-run comedies like “Young Frankenstein” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” I believe I saw “Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother” there as well. Most memorable, though, was a Charlie Chaplin film festival that went on for several weeks circa 1972. I think they showed one film a week. I didn’t get there to see all of them, but I do remember seeing “Modern Times” and “The Great Dictator.” It was a unique opportunity to see a true comic genius on the big screen.
This was originally a Telenews theatre and was announced under the Telenews name when the building was remodeled to accomodate it in 1939. Dubin & Dubin were architects.
In 1978, Days Of Heaven premiered at the Carnegie. The accoustics were stunning; steam-powered tractors reaping fields of grain boomed across the screen with startling fidelity—scaring the wits out of me and my date. By then, the neighborhood ambience had improved. Around the corner on Walton Street reposed the Magic Pan crepe restaurant with its French countryside ambience, a charming turntable of upside down crepe pans, and a check that allowed me to retain the deed to my car. Alas, the Magic Pan and Carnegie are gone. It’s nearby sister theater, the sweet Esquire on opulent Oak Street, still stands.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail opened in Chicago at this theatre -opening day coconuts were passed out for the first showing, which was attended by Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, who at one point, told the wildly enthusiastic audience, in his best stiff upper lip accent, that “You are being entirely too noisy!”
“The original "Star Wars” trilogy was shown at the Carnegie in early 1985 in 70mm prints and Dolby sound.“
The one-day event was held on March 28, 1985.
The event was held in the following cities:
Chicago: Carnegie
Dallas: Northpark
Denver: Continental
Los Angeles (Hollywood): Egyptian
Los Angeles (Westwood): Avco
New York: Warner Twin
San Francisco: Coronet
Seattle: Cinema 150
Toronto: Uptown
I seem to remember a little 3 step drop to get to the theater doors from the main lobby. The one movie that sticks in my head from this theater is American Pop. Saw it 3 times there!
Did you know that Aliens played here in 1986. I know this because I have Microfilm on it.
I think “ROCKY IV” was the last movie shown there.
The Carnegie was a premiere art house in the 60’s and 70’s. It’s greatest success came with the showing of “A Man and a Woman” which ran an astounding 66 weeks. In the late 60’s the theater closed after a neighboring building caught fire and spread to the Carnegie. Almost 18 months later the theater re-opened. In the 70’s exclusive first run films would also be booked as well. “Young Frankenstein”, “Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother”, and “Silent Movie” had their exclusive Chicago premieres at the Carnegie. Late in its life, after Plitt theaters acquired it, the Carnegie was reduced to showing lousy first run films such as “Def Con 5”.