Bensenville Center Theatre
9-15 Center Street,
Bensenville,
IL
60106
9-15 Center Street,
Bensenville,
IL
60106
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Bensenville Center Theatre (Official)
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Functions: Movies (First Run)
Styles: Neo-Classical
Previous Names: New Center Theatre, Bensenville Theatre I & II, Bensenville Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
630.860.1404
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Opened as the Center Theatre on October 17, 1925 originally seating 400 (now reduced to 260). It has an elegant Neo-Classical/Palladian style facade with four sets of pilasters below a large pediment and a trio of arched doorways (today the theatre is actually entered through an adjoining ice cream parlor).
The Bensenville Theatre was twinned a number of years ago and renamed Bensenville Theatre I & II, presenting second-run Hollywood features at bargain prices. In March 2024 it was in the process of a planned renovation while the theatre remained open and was renamed Bensenville Center Theatre.
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I go to this theater alot because I live in bensenville now. It’s A “cute” little theater with A killer ice cream parlor. I hear that they are going thought some problems thou. I read in the bensenville newsletter that the theater was losing money and was scheduled to close…but I haven’t seen no changes yet and the theater is still open.
P.S. I hope it dosen’t close because I really like this theater.
I do hope this theater doesn’t close. My husband I just bought a condo within walking distance and the theater is one of the main attractions in the area.
It opened October 17, 1925 and cost $90,000 to build. It originally seated about 400, and had a Barton organ. It contained “unusual light fixtures” and was “uniquely plastered”.
Tickets are still only $3, if you don’t mind sitting through “Speed Racer”:
http://tinyurl.com/68mmam
Here is a January 1948 ad from the Daily Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/q625st
i’m on their email showtime mailing list. i like this place and’ll insist here there is nothing to dislike about it (OK bensenville has a little ways to go for becoming a nightlife hotspot). almost a ‘where have you been all my movie-going life?’ theatre choice.
The theater has completed their phase 1 restoration and is now known as Center Theatre again.
One of the last second run theaters left in the Chicago area. The number of weeks between a movie is released and when it shows here are getting shorter. This weekend they’re playing The Fall Guy which was released last week and Challengers which was released two weeks ago.