WHAT: Touch of Evil (1958, 4K restoration, reconstructed version) WHEN: September 17, 2025 1 PM & 7 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: Pre-show music by organist Jake McDonagh at 6:30 PM; October preview HOW MUCH: $12/$10…
The Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series will return on September 17, 2025, with a screening of Touch of Evil (1958), directed by Orson Welles and starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles.
I attended my first Hollywood memorabilia show in 1990. Despite the name, it was actually in Skokie, Illinois– the Holiday Inn at 5300 W. Touhy Ave., to be exact. At the time, I was with a classmate from high school.…
The original Superman: The Movie (1978) is the only superhero movie I have ever shown at the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series. We presented it on December 15, 2021, on the Pickwick’s MEGA-screen. We are grateful to those who attended…
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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…