Lakeside Theatre
4730 N. Sheridan Road,
Chicago,
IL
60640
4730 N. Sheridan Road,
Chicago,
IL
60640
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Recent photos of this theatre are HERE. It shows the theater both before and after installation of the mural.
An extremely colorful tile mural has been applied across the first story of the building. Out of keeping with the architecture but all in all not bad.
It originally opened for Ascher Brothers, but was sold two years later to L&T after they opened their new Pantheon a short distance away, probably to avoid pricing wars. Good old anticompetitive practices!
The Lakeside was a fairly small, but very comfortable theatre just a few blocks directly east of the Riviera theatre, on Sheridan Rd. In the late ‘50s, would sometimes show second run double features for a full week, after they played downtown. I remember seeing “THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN” plus “CAT GIRL” also “THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE” plus “ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU”. But, for the most part,the Lakeside had a 3 change a week policy:Fri. and Sat. ,Sun. and Mon., and Tues. Wed. Thurs. Triple features on the weekend, and a double feature midweek. In the early '60s, really enjoyed going to the Lakeside Tuesday or Wednesday for the more adult fare:third run showings (after they played downtown and the Uptown or Riviera) of “LOLITA”, “LADY IN A CAGE” ,“WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?” and a real find for a teenage guy: Lola Albright in “A COLD WIND IN AUGUST”. A nice variety of movies- for 50 cents admission,as I recall.One of the last movies to play the Lakeside was “MISTER MOSES”. Theatre closed in late '65 or early '66.