With the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series, I work with a large venue and large crowds, but one thing I miss about running the smaller LaSalle Theatre was working with actual film– and talking about film. Since those days of projecting 16mm and 35mm prints, most…
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This past week Hollywood Royalty came to Park Ridge–the daughters of two acting dynasties! Thank you to the nearly 400 fans who came out on May 17, 2016, to see Captain Blood with special guests Rory Flynn (daughter of Errol Flynn) and Taryn…
The following are some comments about Errol Flynn from one of our classic film supporters, Mary Dalton. We thought we’d share her thoughts with you before our screening this Tuesday night… I thought it would be easy to write about Errol…
WHAT: Captain Blood (1935) screening WHEN: Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 7:30 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHO: Special Guests: Rory Flynn, younger daughter of Errol Flynn Taryn Power, younger daughter of actor Tyrone Power Rory will be signing…
Captain Blood screens Tuesday night, May 17, at the Pickwick Theatre. The following was originally published in the Crossed Swords blog. Captain Blood (1935) is one of the essentials to any movie series on swashbuckling. It was the film that…
Dear Matthew, Please just say to the audience that not only I enjoyed immensely making the film but even until today, I am reminded continuously by my fans how much they loved my performance and therefore fifty years later I…
Thunderball screens this Thursday, April 21, at 7 PM at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge. Doors open at 6 PM. When two atomic bombs are stolen and held for ransom by the organization SPECTRE, Agent 007 is called into…
WHAT: Thunderball (1965) 50th anniversary screening (on DCP) WHEN: April 21, 2016 7:00 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHO: Special guests: James Bond author Raymond Benson & Colin Clark of the Ian Fleming Foundation WHAT ELSE: The “Vulcan…
The following is film historian Leonard Maltin’s “Legends of Laughter 2” introduction written specifically for Park Ridge Classic Film. LOL2 runs from March 3-May 26 only at the Park Ridge Public Library. There is no guarantee that two or three comedians will…
They came from vaudeville and Broadway, from the silent cinema and radio, and later, the nightclubs. They are some of the most recognizable names in American screen comedy—names that are synonymous with Hollywood’s golden age. Laurel & Hardy… The Marx…