Pickwick Theatre Presents ‘Peter Pan’

posted by Ross Melnick on December 8, 2004 at 8:06 am

PARK RIDGE, IL — The following was sent by Friends of the Uptown:

“PICKWICK presents ‘Peter Pan’: Special holiday show and sing-along with Jay Warren

If you want to taste the flavor of entertainment that built and sustained the UPTOWN THEATRE and other movie palaces in their prime, come out to the historic PICKWICK THEATRE, 5 S. Prospect Ave., in Park Ridge, Illinois, this Friday, Dec. 10, for a special holiday show.

Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the program includes the 1924 silent holiday classic “Peter Pan” with live pipe organ photoplay accompaniment by Chicago’s Jay Warren. Jay will add to the program with a special holiday sing-along.

“If you haven’t seen the Prairie-Art Deco-Cubist-Mayan-Gothic-styled PICKWICK and heard its organ in action, then we suggest you treat yourselfto this presentation for this holiday season. The PICKWICK is sited prominently at the nexus of Touhy Avenue and Northwest Highway
in the uptown district of Park Ridge.

Tickets are $9 in advance, $8 for students and seniors (advance), $7 for children under 12 (advance), and $11 (all tickets) on the day of the show. You may charge by phone by calling (773) 205-7372.

The Silent Film Society of Chicago
http://www.silentfilmchicago.com

‘Peter Pan’ via Silent Era
http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PeterPan1924.html

PICKWICK organ via CATOE
http://www.catoe.org/Pickwick.html