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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

Union disputes got the building bombed in 1931 - Chicago's theatre wars spared no one, not even a neighbourhood movie house two years old. The Music Box Theatre, at 3733 N Southport Avenue in Lakeview, opened on 22 August 1929 and has run continuously as an art-house cinema since 1983. The house is an atmospheric gem: the 750-seat main auditorium wears a twinkling star-covered ceiling and drifting projected clouds above Italianate-meets-Moorish decor, fronted by a neon marquee whose eight lette...