We’d like to thank the 328 patrons who attended our screening of A Christmas Story on December 17, 2025. Special thanks to our organist, Jake McDonagh, and his band, The Clam. We are grateful to Diana Peters for introducing the…

WHAT: A Christmas Story (1983) WHEN: December 17, 2025   1 PM & 7 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: pre-show music at 6 PM– a half hour earlier; short subject HOW MUCH: $12/$10 advance or $10 for…

WHAT: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, DCP) WHEN: November 19, 2025   1 PM & 7 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: Pre-show music by organist Jake McDonagh at 6:30 PM; cartoon HOW MUCH: $12/$10 advance or $10…

WHAT: All the President’s Men (1976) WHEN: November 5, 2025   1 PM & 7 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHAT ELSE: Introduction by film critic Michael Phillips at 7 PM HOW MUCH: $12/$10 advance or $10 for the…

We’d like to thank the 330 patrons who attended our screening of Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) on October 29, 2025. This was the biggest turnout of the new season. We’d like to thank our organist, Jake McDonagh, for…

WHAT: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)WHEN: October 29, 2025   1 PM & 7 PMWHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, ILWHAT ELSE: Pre-show organ music at 6:30 PM; cartoonHOW MUCH: $12/$10 advance or $10 for the 1 PM matineeAdvance Tickets: Click…

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.…