Village Cinema
3034 Rose Street,
Franklin Park,
IL
60131
3034 Rose Street,
Franklin Park,
IL
60131
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Additional Info
Styles: Quonset Hut
Previous Names: Rose Theatre
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Opened on December 25, 1948, the Rose Theatre was one of a number of theatres built in the Quonset Hut-style. It was built and designed by Fairfield Enterprises, Inc. of Chicago, under the supervision of their chief engineer T.J. Theodore. The material used in the construction of the auditorium was aluminium.
A modest neighborhood house, the Rose Theatre was later renamed the Village Cinema and after screening adult movies for a while, it closed in 1981 and was subsequently demolished.
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Dose anybody know what was the last movie shown at the rose?…I would like to know.
Aaron in the seveties the Rose screened adult movies if my memory is correct.
I lived in Schiller Park. Went to the Rose often. Saw House On Haunted Hill and Premature Burial there as a teen. Carol Ries
The opening date of 1941 currently given is wrong. The Rose had recently opened when it was featured in the April 2, 1949, issue of Boxoffice Magazine. The all aluminum pre-fab metal building was built by the Reynolds Metal Company, and adapted for theater use by Fairfield Enterprises Inc., designers and builders. The 600-seat house was built for $60 a seat, compared to a cost of $150 to $200 a seat for conventional theater construction at the time.
What was the last movie shown before they closed the theater for good? just want to know….
The last ad for the Village Theater (as it was later known) I was able to find in the Chicago Tribune Online Archives appeared on September 20, 1978. The films were ERUPTION and CHINA DESADE. Whether they continued to show films without running ads (or no longer running them in the Tribune) after that is anyone’s guess.
It looks like it is in an aircraft hanger!!