Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is a film loved by both sides of the aisle because it gets to the root of what made this country so great. You will not find a finer film today than the one we had…
Author: spysmasher1942
WHAT: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, DCP)WHEN: June 11, 2025 1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILWHAT ELSE: Radio Host Steve Darnall of “Those Were the Days” (90.9 FM) will be our guest in the lobby starting at…
Bond, Benson… & the Big Screen! Thank you to the 341 patrons who attended our May 14 screening of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) at the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series in Park Ridge! We received so many wonderful…
WHAT: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977, DCP)WHEN: May 14, 2025 1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILWHAT ELSE: Introduction by James Bond author Raymond Benson at 7 PM; Larry Potash of WGN-TV will also speak…
I’d like to thank the 40 patrons who were in attendance last night at Wilmette Public Library for our 7 PM program, “Tim McCoy’s Real Wild West.” More than half were from our Park Ridge classic film community, so I…
WHAT: Excalibur (1981, DCP) Rated RWHEN: April 16, 2025 1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILHOW MUCH: $12/$10 Advance or $10 for the 1 PM matineeAdvance Tickets: Click Here and select date and time (7 PM). “I…
April 16 & May 14 OK. Feeling much better – TY for asking! Best – dw That was my final message from Dennis Wolkowicz (aka Jay Warren) on February 18. Less than a week later, he was gone. My first…
Wilmette Library Remembers Western Star Who Brought Attention to Native American Culture Wilmette, IL (April 10, 2025)—Cowboy. Soldier. Movie Star. Colonel Tim McCoy (1891-1978) was all these things and more. To an earlier generation of moviegoers, McCoy was best known…
WHAT: The Birds (1963) WHEN: March 19, 2025 1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILWHAT ELSE: Remembering Jay WarrenHOW MUCH: $12/$10 Advance or $10 for the 1 PM matineeAdvance Tickets: Click Here and select date and time.…
“Elegant gentleman. Indian Agent. Soldier. Cowboy-Hero. The last (and longest-lasting) of the Big Four– Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, and McCoy– who rivaled [Tom] Mix. The man knew more about the West (certainly about the Indians) than any Hollywood…