AMC Norridge 6
4520 N. Harlem Avenue,
Norridge,
IL
60706
4520 N. Harlem Avenue,
Norridge,
IL
60706
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For a while in the late 70’s/early 80’s this was a great place to see big-budget movies in 70mm and surround sound. I saw Aliens, Dracula, Scarface and Empire Strikes Back here. They sounded and looked great. The main auditorium, as I recall, was very large with good sightlines. I haven’t been here to see a movie since this time. They appear to be very popular and busy screens.
That’s not good news. I hope that practice doesn’t become a trend with other theatre chains. I haven’t been to this particular theatre in 8 months for this reason alone. I doubt wheather I will ever go back as I’m lucky enough to have many other choices where the corn is popped on an as needed basis.
I thought theatre chains were working on providing better concessions and improved amenities to their modern theatres in order to intice people out of their homes and into the theatre. For Loews, this is a step in the wrong direction.
As a side note, I was outside of Chicago one night so I went to a 2nd run theatre in one of the suburbs. I ordered popcorn with horrible results. It had obviously been popped earlier in the day and was cold and stale. I had it with the vegetable oil with butter flavoring and the oil turned out to be rancid. Bad experience.
Ok, you caught me, I am a popcorn nut. I admit it. No need to ridicule me.
This is a comment on the popcorn used at this Loews Theatre. I’ve noticed that the bins are filled with popcorn that comes in plastic bags even though they appear to have kettle poppers. Who knows how long these bags of popcorn have been in storage. It’s not as good as the truely freshly popped corn available in most Theatres at least during high peak hours. Is this typical of Loews Theatres to use bagged popcorn or is it just this Theatre. This may be me being picky, but good popcorn for me is a big part of going to a Theatre. Anyone with knowledge about this?
The theater had 70mm projection and later SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) capability.
It was a twin, my dad’s company was contracted for the carpentry work on it. I remember seeing Doctor Doolititle being screened prior to its opening. When you walked in there was a large ticket counter and ropes behind stretching back to the popcorn candy counter dividing it into a twin. The bathrooms and smoking area were raised a couple of steps behind the candy counter. These were large screens and one of the first twins I can remember. The Hillside was another large twin screen indoor.
Actually the Norridge was open in the late 60’s and was a twin then. I don’t know if it opened as a single screen or twin but it’s been around a lot longer then listed above. It was a fourplex in 1978 when I saw a sneak preview of “Halloween” there.