Made In Chicago: Pickwick Theater
PARK RIDGE (CBS) -- The big screen is still really big at the Pickwick Theater, in Park Ridge.
Dino Vlahakis is one of a vanishing breed, a mom-and-pop theater owner of a 1928-vintage main theater, an Art Deco gem that has landmark status.
Pickwick Theater
He also has three smaller screens in a former newspaper printing plant behind the main theater.
The theater's original 35-millimeter projector still works.
However, digital projection arrived at the Pickwick two years ago, and the original projector is gathering dust.
Prices are a throwback, too--$5 for matinees and $7 the rest of the time.
The Pickwick hosts orchestras, classic films, an annual Godzilla festival and a silent film series that allows its 86-year-old Wurlitzer pipe organ a chance to thunder.
Hillary Clinton used to visit it a lot as a child. You can visit the Pickwick any night of the week.
