Ridge Theater
Chicago, IL 60660
Status: Closed, November 1952
Reopened the Ellantee Theater as the Ridge Theater on September 17, 1930.
Seats: 1,200
Architect: Robert S. Smith
This was a Rogers Park neighborhood theater. Under the management of the Lubliner & Trinz theater chain, it was originally known as the Ellantee Theater and was opened in 1919. The theater was later renamed the Ridge Theater.
In November 1952, it was closed as a movie house and today the building houses the Clark Devon Hardware.
Photos
RPWRHS photo C043-32263 shows Ridge Theater, 1554 W. Devon Avenue, midnight show, 1945.
RPWRHS photo S013-0276 shows Ridge Theater, 1554 W. Devon Avenue, June 1989.
RPWRHS photo T026-0101 shows the Ridge Theater, 1554 W. Devon Avenue, and Bowl Haven 15xx W. Devon Avenue, bowling alley. The movie playing at the Ridge was Marked Woman starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The film was first released in 1937. The photo is circa 1946.
RPWRHS photo T026-0106 shows the Ridge Theater, 1554 W. Devon Avenue. The movie playing at the Ridge was Marked Woman starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The film was first released in 1937. The photo is circa 1946.
