With our Gone With the Wind screening over– and no Pickwick Theatre show until February 10– our attention has shifted back to the upcoming film program at the Park Ridge Public Library. The Classic Film Series is set to return in the spring. For those only…
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The Ridge Theatre– Park Ridge’s first movie house. The Pickwick Theatre is the most identifiable landmark in Park Ridge. It’s been a source of pride for the community since 1928. Filling the theatre, however, is not always an easy task. Suburban multiplexes and…
The line stretched down the block even past 7 PM… Our 75th anniversary screening of Gone With the Wind (1939) on December 4, 2014, was a colossal success with 735 people attending! This is a new attendance record for the…
WHAT: Gone With the Wind (1939): 75th anniversary film screening. WHEN: December 4, 2014 7:00 PM (Doors will open at 6:00 PM) WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHO: Organist Jay Warren will perform prelude music between 6:30-7:00 PM. “Those…
A record turnout of 614 theatregoers attended the 75th anniversary screening of Son of Frankenstein (1939) on October 30, 2014– an evening made unforgettable by the presence of Donnie Dunagan. Donnie signed autographs in the lobby before and after the feature presentation. Though the…
“Well, Hellllll-lo!” ~Peter von Frankenstein (Donnie Dunagan) WHAT: Son of Frankenstein (1939) 75th anniversary screening WHEN: October 30, 2014 at 7:30 PM WHERE: Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, IL WHO: Donnie Dunagan (“Peter von Frankenstein”) will be our honored guest. HOW MUCH:…
He’s Still Alive!!! He’s Still Alive!!! Donnie Dunagan, Co-Star in Universal’s 1939 movie “Son Of Frankenstein”, is coming to a Theatre near you! Born in 1934 to Irish parents fleeing for their lives to America, Donnie Dunagan has had a…
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The line stretched down the block for our showing of Goldfinger! A record turnout of 461 patrons came out for our 50th Anniversary screening of Goldfinger on September 18, 2014. (The film had originally premiered in London on September 17, 1964, but was released in…
You can see movies anywhere, but there’s only one place where it becomes an event… What: 1964’s Goldfinger (DCP digital restoration) When: September 18, 2014 * 007:30 PM Where: Pickwick Theatre, 5 S. Prospect Ave. Park Ridge, IL Who: Ian Fleming…