Wednesday, June 07, 2006

A Lost World - a vanished era finds it voice in the ruins of a movie palace


The era of the movie palace is one of the most incredible - and largely unexamined - periods in American history. A new documentary on Chicago's massive, crumbling Uptown Theater, debuting this Thursday, June 8th at the Portage Theater, recaptures the lost optimism of that time. Read the full story and see the pictures here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting the information about the documentary--we hope to see you Thursday night!