Doris Day gets her due at The Music Box Theatre
For several weekends now, The Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, has been screening classic Doris Day movies. The series is titled “The Inimitable Doris Day” and the films have been screened, for the most part on Satur read more
2018 Noir City Chicago August 17 – 23 at the Music Box
FRI, AUG 17TH, 2018 TO THU, AUG 23RD, 2018
Festival Passes - $85 GA/$75 MBT Members | Opening Night Tickets - $12 GA/$9 MBT Members | Single Feature Tickets - $11 GA/$7 MBT Members
Doube Feature Tickets - $15 GA/$12 MBT Members (Incl read more
Walking in the Steps of Laurel and Hardy! The Music Box Steps have long been high on my list of must-see classic movie sites. But, even I was surprised by the overwhelming giddiness I felt when my doppelganger film-fan-friends* and I piled into a car and commenced on our quest to find the infamous read more
Hitchcock/Truffaut at the Music Box
Hitchcock/Truffaut is a new documentary, directed by Kent Jones, playing at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, IL, through December 31, 2015.
In 1962, Francois Truffaut persuaded Alfred Hitchcock to sit with him for a week long interview read more
Curtains Posted by Janelle Vreeland on Apr 18, 2013
"Lillian Gish is the kind of woman who needs to be saved from the ice floe. Mary Pickford is the kind of woman who will save you from the ice floe." - Christel Schmidt
Mary Pickford will forever be the spunky, tough young woman with the angelic face and head full of golden curls. Although she did read more
Curtains Posted by Janelle Vreeland on Nov 2, 2012
I never dreamed I’d have the opportunity to see these films, all of them around 110 years old, on a theater screen being presented by Méliès’ family. Last Saturday, The Music Box Theatre and Alliance Francais paid tribute to one of the great pioneers of silent film. Recently, Martin Scor read more
