
Chicago’s Music Box Theatre Celebrates 90th Anniversary
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Find out what makes this old movie house unique.
On Aug. 22, 1929, the North Side theater opened its doors. By the 1970s, they might have screened a kids’ movie for the matinee and an X-rated feature in the evening. That has changed, but much else has remained the same.
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Chicago’s Music Box Theatre Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Clip: 8/22/2019 | 2m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
On Aug. 22, 1929, the North Side theater opened its doors. By the 1970s, they might have screened a kids’ movie for the matinee and an X-rated feature in the evening. That has changed, but much else has remained the same.
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