Past Programs

February 14, 2024: Titanic (1997)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

January 10, 2024: How the West Was Won (1962)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

December 15, 2023: Die Hard (1988)
with prelude music by Jake McDonagh

October 25, 2023: Little Shop of Horrors (1986) & Little Shop of Horrors (1960) trailer

September 13, 2023: High Noon (1952) & Shot in the Frontier (1954)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Season 10 Opening Night)

August 23, 2023: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) & High Noon trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

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June 14, 2023: Jaws (1975) & Educated Fish (1937)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2022-2023 season.)

May 17, 2023: From Russia With Love (1963) & Jaws teaser
With James Bond author/historian Raymond Benson

Mar. 29, 2023: The Road Warrior (1981) & In My Merry Oldsmobile (1931); From Russia With Love trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Feb. 8, 2023: Grease (1978)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Jan. 11, 2023: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 14, 2022: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
& Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
With special guest Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune film critic

Dec. 11, 2022: White Christmas (1954) & Meet Me in St. Louis trailer
with prelude music by Jake McDonagh

Nov. 16, 2022: National Velvet (1944)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Oct. 26, 2022: House of Wax (1953)
& House on Haunted Hill/The Abominable Dr. Phibes trailers
With special guest Victoria Price, daughter of Vincent Price
and prelude music by David Drazin

Oct. 12, 2022: The Thing (1982) & House of Wax trailer

Sept. 21, 2022: Five Easy Pieces (1970) & House of Wax trailer
With special guest Diane Bay, daughter of Karen Black
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Sept. 7, 2022: Rio Bravo (1959) & Five Easy Pieces trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Season 9 Opening Night)

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Jun. 15, 2022: The Blues Brothers (1980) & Minnie the Moocher (1932)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2021-2022 season.)

May 18, 2022: Dr. No (1962)
With James Bond author/historian Raymond Benson
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Apr. 13, 2022: The African Queen (1951)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Mar. 16, 2022: The Sting (1973)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Feb. 9, 2022: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) & Dancing on the Moon (1935)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Jan. 12, 2022: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 15, 2021: Superman: The Movie (1978) & The Mad Scientist (Superman, 1941)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Nov. 17, 2021: The Magnificent Seven (1960) & preview trailer for Superman

Oct. 27, 2021: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) & Betty Boop’s Hallowe’en Party (1933)

Sept. 15, 2021: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Season 8 Opening Night)

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Feb. 12, 2020: Moonstruck (1987) & It Happened One Night trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2019-2020 season due to the pandemic.)

Jan. 15, 2020: GoodFellas (1990) & Moonstruck trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 18, 2019: Holiday Inn (1942) & “Christmas Comes But Once a Year” (1936)
with special guests Chuck Schaden & Steve Darnall of “Those Were the Days”
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Nov. 13, 2019: The Right Stuff (1983)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Oct. 30, 2019: Frankenstein (1931) & Dracula (1931)
With “Creature Features” opening & “Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi” (1931)

Sept. 18, 2019: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
with special guest Keir Dullea (“Dave Bowman”)
& Stanley Kubrick scholar Raymond Benson
(Season 7 Opening Night)

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Jun. 5, 2019: American Graffiti (1973)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2018-2019 season.)

May 15, 2019: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) &  American Graffiti trailer
with special guests: Colin Clark of the Ian Fleming Foundation
James Bond author/historian Raymond Benson
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Apr. 17, 2019: Easter Parade (1948) & “Easter Yeggs” (1947)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
with special guest Steve Darnall of “Those Were the Days”

Apr. 3, 2019: West Side Story (1961) & Easter Parade trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Mar. 13, 2019: The Quiet Man (1952) & “The Wearing of the Grin” (1951)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Feb. 13, 2019: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Jan. 16, 2019: The Godfather Part II (1974) & Doctor Zhivago trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 19, 2018: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) & “Toyland Premiere” (1934) cartoon
with special guest: Santa Claus
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Nov. 14, 2018: The Great Escape (1963)

Oct. 30, 2018: Beetlejuice (1988) & “Vincent” (1982)
with prelude music by Matt Haider

Oct. 18, 2018: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
with special guest: Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris Karloff
with prelude music by Matt Haider
(Season 6 Opening Night)

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May 16, 2018: Planet of the Apes (1968) with Escape/Conquest of the Planet of the Apes trailers
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2017-2018 season.)

Apr. 25, 2018: Wings (1927)
with organ accompaniment by Jay Warren at both screenings
In partnership with the Silent Film Society of Chicago

Apr. 19, 2018: The Sound of Music (1965)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Mar. 15, 2018: King Kong (1933) & “King Klunk” (1933) cartoon
with prelude music by Jay Warren
with special guest Steve Darnall of “Those Were the Days”

Feb. 13, 2018: Some Like It Hot (1959) & King Kong trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Jan. 18, 2018: The Godfather (1972)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 12, 2017: White Christmas (1954) & “Frosty the Snowman” (1954), “Suzy Snowflake” (1954), and “Hardrock, Coco and Joe” (1951) animated shorts
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Nov. 30, 2017: Home Alone (1990) & “The Snowman” (1931) cartoon

Nov. 14, 2017: The Wizard of Oz (1939) & “The Wizard of Oz” (1933) cartoon
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Oct. 26, 2017: Young Frankenstein (1974) & Frankenstein trailers
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Sept. 14, 2017: Rear Window (1954)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Season 5 Opening Night)

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May 18, 2017: You Only Live Twice (1967)
with special guests: Colin Clark of the Ian Fleming Foundation
James Bond author/historian Raymond Benson
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2016-2017 season.)

Apr. 20, 2017: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Mar. 16, 2017: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Feb. 9, 2017: Vertigo (1958)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Jan. 12, 2017: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) & Vertigo trailer
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 8, 2016: Spartacus (1960)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
with special guest Steve Darnall (“Those Were the Days”)

Nov. 17, 2016: Enter the Dragon (1973) & Spartacus trailer

Oct. 27, 2016: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Sept. 15, 2016: The Searchers (1956)
with special guest Lana Wood
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Season 4 Opening Night)

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May 17, 2016: Captain Blood (1935) & Errol Flynn trailers
with special guests: Rory Flynn and Taryn Power
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Closing Night for the 2015-2016 season.)

Apr. 21, 2016: Thunderball (1965)
with special guests: Colin Clark of the Ian Fleming Foundation
James Bond author/film historian Raymond Benson
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Mar. 10, 2016: A Night at the Opera (1935) & “Thicker Than Water” (1935)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Feb. 11, 2016: Citizen Kane (1941)
with special guest: Michael Dawson, producer and Orson Welles scholar

Jan. 7, 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
with prelude music by Jay Warren

Dec. 10, 2015: On the Town (1949) & “Swooner Crooner” (1944)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
with special guest: Steve Darnall, host of radio’s “Those Were the Days”

Nov. 12, 2015: Viva Las Vegas (1964) & Jailhouse Rock trailer

Oct. 29, 2015: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) & “Shiver Me Timbers!” (1934)
with prelude music by David Drazin

Sept. 17, 2015: North By Northwest (1959)
with prelude music by Jay Warren
(Season 3 Opening Night)

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May 7, 2015: Why Be Good? (1929)
with organ accompaniment by Jay Warren!
with special guests: Alice Hargrave, granddaughter of Colleen Moore,
and the Chicago Art Deco Society
(Closing Night for the 2014-2015 season.)

Apr. 1, 2015: Ben-Hur (1959)
With prelude music by Jay Warren!

Mar. 19, 2015: A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
with special guests: Beatles author Robert Rodriguez
Chicago Tribune entertainment reporter Mark Caro
And a pre-show performance by Beatles cover band The Time Bandits!

Feb. 10, 2015: Casablanca (1942) & “Our Wife” (1931)
And prelude music by Jay Warren!

Dec. 4, 2014: Gone With the Wind (1939)
with special guest Steve Darnall, host of radio’s “Those Were the Days”
And prelude music by Jay Warren!

Oct. 30, 2014: Son of Frankenstein (1939)
with special guest Donnie Dunagan
And prelude music by Jay Warren!

Sept. 18, 2014: Goldfinger (1964) 50th Anniversary screening
with special guest Colin Clark of the Ian Fleming Foundation
And prelude music by organist Jay Warren!
(Season 2 Opening Night)

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May 1, 2014: In Old Chicago (1938) & Jesse James (1939) with special guests Taryn Power-Greendeer and Michael Butler
And prelude music by Jay Warren!
(Closing Night for the 2013-2014 season.)

Apr. 24, 2014: Scarface (1932) with introduction by Christina Rice, author of Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel

Mar. 13, 2014: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) & “Sons of Liberty” (1939)

Feb. 13, 2014: Wuthering Heights (1939) & “Hearts Are Thumps” (1937)

Jan. 23, 2014: Gunga Din (1939) & “The Film Fan” (1939)
(Opening Night for the “Films of 1939” series)

Dec. 10, 2013: Babes in Toyland (1934) & Big Business with organist Jay Warren

Nov. 20, 2013: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) with organist Jay Warren

Oct. 31, 2013: The Blob (1958)

Oct. 24, 2013: Them! (1954) at the Park Ridge Public Library

Sept. 26, 2013: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
with prelude music by Jay Warren!
(Opening Night for the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series)

At the Park Ridge Public Library:

2020-2022: Legends of Laughter III: The Screwball Comedies

2019: World Cinema

May 10, 2019: The Iron Horse (1924) Transcontinental Railroad 150th Anniversary

2018: The Ealing Comedies

2017: Movies About Movies: Hollywood Projects Itself

2016: Legends of Laughter 2: The Comedy Teams

August 6, 2015: Twelve O’Clock High (The Spirit of ’45 special event)

2015: Cinema of Transcendence

2014: The Rediscovered

with special guest Ann-Marie Streibich, granddaughter of Irene Dunne

2013: Crossed Swords: The Hollywood Swashbuckler

with special guest Taryn Power-Greendeer, daughter of Tyrone Power

& screenings of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and The Black Pirate (1926) at the Pickwick Theatre

2012: Screen Deco

with special contributions from Screen Deco authors Howard Mandelbaum & Eric Myers

2011: Legends of Laughter

with special introductions by Buster Keaton’s granddaughter and Harold Lloyd’s granddaughter

& a 35mm screening of Speedy (1928) at the Pickwick Theatre courtesy of the Harold Lloyd Foundation

2010: Forbidden Cinema: The Pre-Code Hollywood Series

with an appearance on WBEZ radio (91.5)

2009: Film Noir

This 6-film series was Matthew’s first program since leaving the LaSalle Bank Theatre in 2003. He is also the creator and administrator of the largest Film Noir group on Facebook. Click Here!

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