Author: spysmasher1942
Those who filled out our movie survey last spring at the Park Ridge Public Library Classic Film Series will be happy to know that one of the most requested films people listed, Wuthering Heights, will be screened on February 13, 2014, at the…
WHAT: GUNGA DIN: A 75th anniversary screening WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHEN: January 23, 2014, 7:30 PM Presented by the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series “We spent many weeks in the California desert at Lone Pine, several hours’ drive…
There have been many great years in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Every year had its share of landmark motion pictures. Nineteen forty-six, for example, is a year that saw the release of movies like It’s a Wonderful Life and The Best Years…
The year 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of what has long been considered Hollywood’s greatest year: 1939. With the Great Depression in the rear-view mirror, the studio system of filmmaking was in full force. Over seven hundred and fifty films…
10. Plenty of FREE PARKING in the Library lot across the street! 9. Other theatres have 3-D and IMAX. We have Errol Flynn. 8. We’re neither profit-seekers nor elitists. We show one film a month, and every title is carefully selected. We…
WHAT: Babes in Toyland (1934) 77 min. WHEN: Tuesday, December 10, 2013; 7:30 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge Originally released as Babes in Toyland, this Laurel & Hardy family classic is better known to legions of fans by its reissue title, March of the…
10. This is a new digital restoration of The Thief of Bagdad (1924). It was restored from two 35mm negatives and contains the color tints from the original release prints. This is not a public domain dvd you will be viewing! 9. The costume…
Beware The Blob! (presented by the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series) We had 221 people come out on a rainy Halloween night to see the 1958 cult classic The Blob with Steve McQueen. It was great to see so many kids in…
This is not the first time I’ve shown Them! Ten years ago I played an original 16mm print of it at the old LaSalle Bank revival theatre in Chicago during my “Atomic Cinema” series. It was a program that dealt…