Hillside Mall Cinemas
4541 Harrison Street,
Hillside,
IL
60162
4541 Harrison Street,
Hillside,
IL
60162
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Brotman & Sherman Theaters, Loews, M & R Theatres
Architects: Jack J. Liebenberg
Firms: Liebenberg and Kaplan
Functions: Church
Previous Names: Hillside Theatre, Hillside Twin
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Originally built in 1962 as a single auditorium theater, the Hillside Theatre was opened July 13, 1962 with Jim Hutton in “The Horizontal Lieutenant”. It was designed by architectural firm Liebenberg, Kaplan, Glotter & Associates. It was later twinned and finally became a triplex. The Hillside Mall Cinemas was closed by Loews Cineplex in late-2000 and now houses a church, while the adjacent Hillside Mall is now a Carmax used car retailer.
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Recent comments (view all 21 comments)
This was the “coolest” theatre I was ever in. I loved the “Sputnik atom” margue sign. You saw that thing for miles. My girlfriend and I were tossed out of this theatre when we went to see “Christine”. She decided to throw two huge buckets of popcorn (and they were huge) all over the people seated in front of, and behind us “just for the hell of it”. I went back the next day, by myself, to see the rest of the movie.
I thought I posted this comment last night, but I must have only hit “Preview” and forgotten it. Luckily I have a copy.
Photos of the new Hillside Theatre appeared in Boxoffice Magazine, January 7, 1963. The Hillside was designed by the Minneapolis architectural firm Liebenberg, Kaplan, Glotter, & Associates.
Hi, I was looking up info about the Hillside theaters online the other day and someone posted on a website thread remebering the Hillsdie Mall that the churches that are currently housed in both former Hillside Theaters are not really operating as churches. Can anyone elaborate on that?
Nice marquee,but quite tacky with the third feature,I know save money leave the marquee alone.rpb.I hope you didn’t marry your “girlfriend”.What a jerk.
This opened on July 13th, 1962. I uploaded the grand opening ad with picture here.
I liked this one – I remember seeing “the buddy holly story” here. Packed audience.
Grand opening ad:
Hillside theatre opening · Fri, Jul 13, 1962 – 44 · Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Newspapers.com
Saw ‘Stripes’ there in the summer of 1981. It was a nice theater back then.
Taken over by Loews in November 1988 after Loews sold all of M & R’s theaters. It was later taken over by Sony Theatres in December 1994 followed by Loews Cineplex in 1996.
M&R sold to Loews/Sony in 1989. Loews and Cineplex Odeon merged in 1998.