That’s it! That’s it! It was at the United! I can’t believe this escaped my memory until you mentioned the name. Now that I live across the country, I’m a little hazy about some of my old Chicago haunts, especially the ones no longer there. Thank you so much, BWChicago — and I enjoyed your posts that I found at the United Theater message board.
Thank you, BWChicago, for solving one mystery… I guess we did not see “Purple Rain” at the State Lake. However, I am sure it was not at the Chicago — the only show I ever saw there, to my recollection, was Raffi, the live show (with my kids), in the early 1990s. Also, I never visited the Carnegie on Rush (although I visited my share of after-hours martini establishments there). Hmmmm… were there any other semi-dilapidated theaters on State Street, or just off of State Street, that might have shown “Purple Rain” when it came out?
Can someone confirm if the State Lake Theater showed Prince’s “Purple Rain” just after it came out? This would have been about 1984. My husband and I went to see the film on State Street after work — it must have been at the State Lake — and it was the most amazing going-to-the-movies experience we have ever had. The audience simply would NOT sit still. Not only were people dancing in their seats or even in the aisles, they were singing and just basically hooting and hollering all through the movie. We didn’t mind that we were missing some of the film, because watching the audience was just as much fun, and a great show in itself. Can anybody out there verify if “Purple Rain” ran at the State Lake circa 1984?
Fabulous, fabulous photo — takes me to an era I was not present for but have always been drawn to due to old movies and pictures like this one.
That’s it! That’s it! It was at the United! I can’t believe this escaped my memory until you mentioned the name. Now that I live across the country, I’m a little hazy about some of my old Chicago haunts, especially the ones no longer there. Thank you so much, BWChicago — and I enjoyed your posts that I found at the United Theater message board.
Thank you, BWChicago, for solving one mystery… I guess we did not see “Purple Rain” at the State Lake. However, I am sure it was not at the Chicago — the only show I ever saw there, to my recollection, was Raffi, the live show (with my kids), in the early 1990s. Also, I never visited the Carnegie on Rush (although I visited my share of after-hours martini establishments there). Hmmmm… were there any other semi-dilapidated theaters on State Street, or just off of State Street, that might have shown “Purple Rain” when it came out?
Can someone confirm if the State Lake Theater showed Prince’s “Purple Rain” just after it came out? This would have been about 1984. My husband and I went to see the film on State Street after work — it must have been at the State Lake — and it was the most amazing going-to-the-movies experience we have ever had. The audience simply would NOT sit still. Not only were people dancing in their seats or even in the aisles, they were singing and just basically hooting and hollering all through the movie. We didn’t mind that we were missing some of the film, because watching the audience was just as much fun, and a great show in itself. Can anybody out there verify if “Purple Rain” ran at the State Lake circa 1984?