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DavidZornig commented about Garfield Theatre on Mar 30, 2016 at 6:36 pm

April 1968 press photo added.

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DavidZornig commented about Silco Theater on Mar 29, 2016 at 4:00 pm

Unfortunately I do not know. You’d probably have to got to the Silco’s Facebook page located via the above link, and ask beneath the individual photos. Or maybe contacting the theater and ask them about the photos on their page.

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DavidZornig commented about Argmore Theatre on Mar 27, 2016 at 6:40 pm

Here is the direct link to the 1936 IDOT photo that has the Argmore marquee. Previously posted by CompassRose in 2011, in the Uptown Chicago History link. In the below link you can both enlarge, zoom and navigate within the photo to better see the marquee.

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/uic_idot/id/540/rec/2

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DavidZornig commented about Sheridan Theatre on Mar 24, 2016 at 7:29 pm

Address should be changed to 1643 Sheridan. “Demolished” status should be removed, as the building is still standing. It currently houses McAllister & Sons Signs. Same building as the 1938 photo I added. Below is a Flickr image of the building today.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27728294@N05/6489074561

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DavidZornig commented about Adelphi Theatre on Mar 22, 2016 at 5:30 pm

Circa 1984 photo added courtesy of Kenneth Swedroe.

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DavidZornig commented about New 400 Theaters on Mar 22, 2016 at 5:23 pm

1933 print ad added courtesy of Kenneth Swedroe. The 400 was run by Essaness at the time.

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DavidZornig commented about Shangri-La Theater on Mar 20, 2016 at 1:35 pm

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade 1959 photo added, courtesy of the Chicago’s Extinct Businesses facebook page.

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DavidZornig commented about Recher Theatre on Mar 20, 2016 at 12:26 am

Circa 1979 photo added courtesy of Ralph Dacious McCain‎.

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DavidZornig commented about Capri Cinema on Mar 19, 2016 at 12:23 pm

5/07/67 photo added, photo credit Steve Lewandowski‎.

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DavidZornig commented about Melba Theatre on Mar 18, 2016 at 11:11 pm

March 2016 photo added, photo credit Dawn Wells. The actress who played “Mary Ann” on “Gilligan’s Island”.

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DavidZornig commented about Patio Theatre on Mar 18, 2016 at 10:25 pm

New owners applying for alcohol license.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160318/portage-park/plan-serve-booze-at-patio-theater-be-presented-sposato-neighbors

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DavidZornig commented about Strand Theatre on Mar 18, 2016 at 10:21 pm

1946 photo added, photo credit Charles Phoenix.

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DavidZornig commented about Cinemark Movies 6 on Mar 17, 2016 at 11:06 pm

Closing as of tonight.

http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Mishawaka-dollar-movie-theatre-dropping-the-curtains-372493632.html

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DavidZornig commented about Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse on Mar 16, 2016 at 7:29 pm

1955 photo added as the State Theatre, courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page.

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DavidZornig commented about Majestic Theatre on Mar 15, 2016 at 10:26 pm

1956 photo added of the opening of “Giant”, photo courtesy of Wendy Wilson. Whose mother worked in the concession stand at this time. Via the Traces If Texas facebook page.

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DavidZornig commented about Hub Theatre on Mar 14, 2016 at 10:45 pm

Current article about the Forbidden Root brewpub to open Thursday.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160216/west-town/forbidden-root-open-former-hub-theater-on-thursday-photos

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DavidZornig commented about Warfield Theatre on Mar 13, 2016 at 1:06 am

1973 photo courtesy of Michael Thomas Angelo‎.

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DavidZornig commented about Crazy Horse Theatre on Mar 13, 2016 at 1:04 am

1973 photo as the Crest added courtesy of Michael Thomas Angelo‎.

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DavidZornig commented about Loew's Delancey Theatre on Mar 8, 2016 at 8:46 pm

Circa 1962 photo added courtesy of the AmeriCar The Beautiful Facebook page. Marquee on the far right. Great pic if you like picking out automobiles.

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DavidZornig commented about Baldwin Theatre on Mar 7, 2016 at 1:23 pm

1949 photo added courtesy of the Americas Past In Photo’s Facebook page.

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DavidZornig commented about Queen Theater on Mar 7, 2016 at 11:39 am

1948 photo added, photo credit Cecil Paul Lockhart. Pictured are his parents who owned Vogue Cleaners. Via the Traces Of Texas Facebook page.

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DavidZornig commented about Grand Theatre on Mar 6, 2016 at 8:26 pm

As the Valuskis Theatre in 1951.
Photo courtesy of the USC digital archives, from the now dead link.

Coincidentally, below copy courtesy of Verl Stanford:

It was May 19, 1951 when Patty was kidnapped by Henry Ford McCracken. The film playing that day was “The Bird of Paradise” (as shown on the marquee in the photo added). And, it just so happened that that film was about a kidnapping. McCracken was a sexual psychopath. “ In 1946, his concerned mother petitioned the Orange County Superior Court to have him committed to a mental hospital. His behavior and record as a serial child sex offender, however, failed to impress medical examiners who said he had "mild schizophrenia with anxiety neurosis but can distinguish between right and wrong.” THEY WERE WRONG! “After his "mild schizophrenia” diagnosis, McCracken moved from Orange County to Michigan, where his string of child sex offenses continued. In the fall of 1950, after nine arrests, Detroit Police prepared documents to have him permanently committed to a mental institution. Before the documents were filed, McCracken fled back to Orange County. A few weeks later, he was arrested in Santa Ana for failing to register as a sex offender. He served a six-month jail sentence. On May 6, 1951, he was on the streets again.“ "McCracken immediately gravitated to an auto court cottage on Grand Ave. down the street from the Valuski’s Theater where he took up residence. (Today that is a vacant lot right next to the Coyote Creek flood control channel.) He worked nights entertaining at the nearby White Elephant Cafe (that was on Beach Blvd. and Commonwealth where the Bank of America branch is today). Just 12 days after his release from the Santa Ana Jail, he took an empty seat at a Saturday matinee, next to Patty Jean Hull.” In later years before Mr. Valuski sold the theater he had hired Patty’s brothers, Jack and Jim Hull, to be projectionists in the theater. Many local people still patronized the theater but because it was old fashioned and outmoded Mr. Valuski sold out and retired that theater to new owners.

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DavidZornig commented about Loop Theater on Mar 3, 2016 at 8:45 pm

History of the Telenews via WTTW.

http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/03/02/ask-geoffrey-whats-history-telenews-theater-state-street#.VtffhZxQkHU.facebook

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DavidZornig commented about Roosevelt Theater on Feb 28, 2016 at 5:03 pm

11/21/69-12/04/69 photo added, photo credit John P. Keating Jr.

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DavidZornig commented about Coronet Theatre on Feb 23, 2016 at 9:28 pm

Incredible 1938 photo added courtesy of Sherry Drew. It shows the original Coronet marquee after the renaming. The W.C. Fields film showing was originally released in 1934.