WHAT: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, DCP) Season 6 Opening Night WHEN: October 18, 2018 2 PM & 7:30 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: Special guest Sara Karloff, daughter of horror icon Boris Karloff. Sara will…
Author: spysmasher1942
Two thousand and eighteen marks the 35th anniversary of 1983. In that year, movies like Scarface, A Christmas Story, and Risky Business were released. I was eight years old then, and many of these films I did not see until years later. But there were a…
The colorization of black and white movies has been a hot-button topic for the film community since the 1980s. It’s a debate that should’ve died in that decade, but every so often the fad pops up again in circles outside the mainstream,…
Someone recently asked me what I thought of actor Paul Muni and would I ever profile him in a film series. Honestly, my main interest in Paul Muni is that he appeared in several bio-pics made by William Dieterle– a favorite director of mine whom I profiled…
When a theatre averages over 600 patrons a show, you know it’s doing well. Never mind the Chicago area; that’s one of the largest attendance totals in the country (for a classic film program). However, we arrived at that season average by riding on the coattails of all the…
Our 50th anniversary screening of Planet of the Apes on May 16, 2018, was a fun event for the Park Ridge community. We are grateful to all those who came out on a beautiful night to support our season finale. We…
WHAT: Planet of the Apes (1968) 50th anniversary screening (presented on DCP) WHEN: May 16, 2018 2 PM & 7:30 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: Organist Jay Warren provides prelude music at 7 PM! Season 5…
Thank you to the nearly 500 (497) patrons who attended our screening of The Sound of Music on April 19, 2018. It was a wonderful spring night, and we are grateful that so many kids were in attendance. Congratulations to the winners…
WHAT: Wings (1927) DCP restoration with 10 min. intermission WHEN: April 25, 2018 2 PM & 7:30 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: Jay Warren provides organ accompaniment at both screenings on the Pickwick’s original 1928 Mighty Wurlitzer.…
The following is a transcript of my presentation on The Ladykillers at the Park Ridge Public Library on April 12, 2018. This was our final show of our 10th season. We had 75 patrons in attendance. ~MCH For the past six weeks we’ve…