Bensenville Center Theatre
9-15 Center Street,
Bensenville,
IL
60106
9-15 Center Street,
Bensenville,
IL
60106
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Bensenville Center Theatre (Official)
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Functions: Movies (First Run)
Styles: Neo-Classical
Previous Names: New Center Theatre, Bensenville Theatre I & II, Bensenville Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
630.860.1404
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Opened as the Center Theatre on October 17, 1925 originally seating 400 (now reduced to 260). It has an elegant Neo-Classical/Palladian style facade with four sets of pilasters below a large pediment and a trio of arched doorways (today the theatre is actually entered through an adjoining ice cream parlor).
The Bensenville Theatre was twinned a number of years ago and renamed Bensenville Theatre I & II, presenting second-run Hollywood features at bargain prices. In March 2024 it was in the process of a planned renovation while the theatre remained open and was renamed Bensenville Center Theatre.
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Bryan Krefft
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I go to this theater alot because I live in bensenville now. It’s A “cute” little theater with A killer ice cream parlor. I hear that they are going thought some problems thou. I read in the bensenville newsletter that the theater was losing money and was scheduled to close…but I haven’t seen no changes yet and the theater is still open.
P.S. I hope it dosen’t close because I really like this theater.
I do hope this theater doesn’t close. My husband I just bought a condo within walking distance and the theater is one of the main attractions in the area.
It opened October 17, 1925 and cost $90,000 to build. It originally seated about 400, and had a Barton organ. It contained “unusual light fixtures” and was “uniquely plastered”.
Tickets are still only $3, if you don’t mind sitting through “Speed Racer”:
http://tinyurl.com/68mmam
Here is a January 1948 ad from the Daily Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/q625st
i’m on their email showtime mailing list. i like this place and’ll insist here there is nothing to dislike about it (OK bensenville has a little ways to go for becoming a nightlife hotspot). almost a ‘where have you been all my movie-going life?’ theatre choice.
The theater has completed their phase 1 restoration and is now known as Center Theatre again.