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…
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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…
October 24: Park Ridge Public Library 7 PM October 31: Pickwick Theatre 7:30 PM
View of the spacious auditorium from the projection booth… This past Tuesday morning (10/8/13) WGN-TV came out to visit the Pickwick Theatre– home of the new classic film series. This was part of the “Around Town” feature seen on the WGN Morning…
Thank you to the 300+ movie fans who came out and supported us on Opening Night. Our screening of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) received a huge ovation from an audience of young and old. One of the nicest comments we overheard came from…