Pickwick Theatre

Park Ridge, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Phone: +1-847-825-5800

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The Pickwick Theatre, an art deco movie palace in Park Ridge, Illinois, opened in 1928 as a vaudeville stage and cinema designed by Roscoe Harold Zook, William F. McCaughey, and Alfonso Iannelli. Named by the local mayor for Charles Dickens' Samuel Pickwick, the theater is distinguished by its iconic marquee and striking 100-foot tower, which famously appeared in the opening credits of the television program *At the Movies*. The main auditorium, fashioned to evoke an Aztec or Mayan temple, originally seated 1,400 patrons; successive renovations reduced capacity in 1968 and again in 2012, when a $1.2 million project modernized the roof, mechanical systems, and exterior. The theater expanded in 1990 with three additional screens and in 2017 with a second-floor 39-seat venue. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, the Pickwick continues to present films and live performances.