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  • <p>Christmas Day 1987 grand opening ad for this cinema and Oakbrook</p>
  • <p>1987 print ad & description courtesy Tim O'Neill.</p> <p>35 years ago today, the McClurg Court Theatre in Chicago reopened as the McClurg Court Cinemas. Cineplex Odeon took over the original 1200-seat theatre one year earlier and chopped it up into 3 auditoriums. The original main floor portion became Theatre 1; with THX Sound and 70mm. The upper area of the original auditorium (commonly known as “stadium seating” nowadays) was divided into two small auditoriums with a wall constructed down the middle. The original projection booth was utilized for the two small auditoriums. A new booth was constructed down below for the big 800-seat auditorium. A half-way decent dividing project; but nothing like the original McClurg Court that opened in 1971. The new McClurg Court lasted for 16 years, until a 21-screen AMC Theatre complex opened one block south in 2002. The McClurg Court Cinemas closed forever in August 2003. The space got gutted and there is a grocery store inside it today.</p>
  • <p>Picture dated 1937</p>
  • <p>March 17, 1989 1989 The Year Of The Underwater Monster Movie</p>
  • <p>January 13, 1989 1989 The Year Of The Underwater Monster Movie</p>
  • <p>August 25, 1989 1989 The Year Of The Underwater Monster Movie</p>
  • <p>Eagle eyes may detect the “Onward” and “Sonic” posters which became “forever” posters staying the frames long after the theatre closed in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
  • <p>1943 photo credit Baltimore Sun/Library of Congress Collection.</p>
  • <p>1986</p>
  • <p>In frozen state after COVID-19 pandemic closure in March of 2020</p>
  • <p>1984</p>
  • <p>1989</p>
  • <p>1984</p>
  • <p>Harvard Theatre flyer from the week of May 26, 1930</p>
  • <p>Advertised as Pony Express with all-Western policy (February 20th, 1942)</p>
  • <p>1929</p>
  • <p>March 5, 1995 Madonna premieres her music video on the big screen prior to MTV.</p>
  • <p>1975</p>
  • <p>1981</p>
  • <p>1989</p>
  • <p>1982</p>
  • <p>1994</p>