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  • <p>1982 photo credit Chicago Tribune. Original exterior of the McClurg Court Theatre. Via Tim O'Neill.</p>
  • <p>4/18/75-4/24/75 photo credit Chicago Tribune, print ad dated 11/02/75.</p>
  • <p>September 8th, 1972 print ad via James Stegall.</p> <p>“Fritz the Cat” ran 7/28/72-9/21/72.<br>Then again on a double bill with “Heavy Traffic” from 5/20/77-6/02/77.</p>
  • <p>June 29th, 1989 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>Ad from Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, Monday, January 27, 1986, showing what was playing at the Lincoln Village Theatre.</p>
  • <p>Ad from the Chicago Sun-Times, Monday, January 27, 1986 newspaper showing what was playing at the Hyde Park Theatre.</p>
  • <p>September 1986 image credit Walter Kale, Chicago Tribune.</p>
  • <p>In 1986.</p>
  • <p>1974</p>
  • <p>Circa 1970’s photo courtesy of Bill Morton.</p>
  • <p>Modernized entrance (1935)</p>
  • <p>Auditorium 1989 photo credit Bruce Sharp.</p>
  • <p>Print ad via Tim O'Neill. “My first night on the job at the Adelphi Theatre. Thursday, February 25, 1993. Very old, dungeon-like projection booth. The Adelphi was an experience.”</p>
  • <p>Via Chuckman Collection, original source unknown</p>
  • <p>1982 photo credit John P. Keating Jr.</p>
  • <p>United Artists auditorium, as seen from balcony.</p>
  • <p>1970 photo via Tim O'Neill.</p>
  • <p>Reflection of the United Artists marquee in the bus window has “Lucky Lady” which opened solo on Christmas Day `75. So “Take A Hard Ride” was likely added the end of January or in February.</p> <p>1/30/76-2/19/76 photo credit Special Collections Center, Bradley University</p>
  • <p>1/24/64-2/25/64 photo via Vintag.Es.</p>
  • <p>My mother on the left and her friend Jane. 10/21/64-11/03/64 photo credit Robert Orr. Originally taken by one of the street photographers who regularly roamed Randolph Street. On the United Artists Theatre marquee is “I’d Rather Be Rich”.</p>
  • <p>Ad from Chicago Sun-Times Thursday newspaper showing what was playing at the HI-WAY theater. Newspaper was from July 17, 1980. During the 80’s the theater was showing a lot of X-rated movies. Only adults 21 and older were allowed in. Video cassettes (VHS tapes) were sold in the lobby as this ad shows.</p>
  • <p>Picture of the lobby during a Saturday morning free kids show sponsored by the bank across the street.</p>
  • <p>Ad from Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, Monday, January 27, 1986, showing what was playing at the Hi-Way Theatre.</p>
  • <p>Bel-Air Drive-In 1999.</p>
  • <p>After abandonment.</p>
  • <p>From the Olympic Theatre’s Facebook site.</p>