New 400 Theaters
6746 N. Sheridan Road,
Chicago,
IL
60626
6746 N. Sheridan Road,
Chicago,
IL
60626
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Essaness Theaters Corp., Village Theatres
Firms: Grossman & Proskauer
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Regent Theater, 400 Twin Theater, Visionary Theatres, Village North Theater
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
773.856.5980
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News About This Theater
- Feb 6, 2012 — 400 is the new 100
- Jul 7, 2009 — The 400 Theater is back
- Jan 19, 2009 — Village North/Visionary Theatre closes
- Dec 2, 2008 — Is Village Entertainment out of business?
Built as the Regent Theater, opening late-1913 in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, this was one of its earliest movie houses and originally sat about 725 in its auditorium. It was equipped with a Kimball 2 manual 4 ranks organ. In 1930, the theater was renamed the 400 Theater.
In 1990, it was divided into four small auditoriums, three seating about 200, one only about 150. It was purchased by the owners of the Village Theater in the Old Town neighborhood and modernized, and given the name of the Village North Theater. For the last several years, the theater was operated by Village Entertainment.
In September 2008, the former Village North began operating as Visionary Theatres, but by January of 2009, the theater was closed. It was reopened again as the New 400 Theaters on July 1, 2009.
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Bryan Krefft, Ray Martinez
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Recent comments (view all 121 comments)
Here is an article about the Morse and its sister the Regent (400)
1933 print ad added courtesy of Kenneth Swedroe. The 400 was run by Essaness at the time.
Circa 1985 photo added courtesy of Jerri Walker.
Weird note from the June 24, 1950 issue of BoxOffice:
An usher at the 400 Theatre was checking the seats one night when he suddenly yelped to Manager Les Stepner, “Hey boss, somebody smuggled a box of popcorn in here tonight.” Popcorn is verboten at the 400.
Let me repose the question msd01 asked on November 28, 2004. Why is it called the 400. I read through all 115 comments and couldn’t find a clue. It’s not the seating capacity. It has nothing to do with the address.
The name is probably a reference to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Hundred_(1892)
(Sorry for the non-clickable link, but the markdown syntax apparently has trouble with an URL that ends with a parenthesis.) I’ve seen this term used to suggest high society as late as the early ‘40s, so the name may have made more sense in 1930 than it does now.
Maybe it had to do with this: http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/variety99-1930-07_0307
Added in the “Photo” section… Article that may or may not explain the 400 theater name. Thank you Broan for finding this article.
Really tired of watching movies on your laptop? Rent a screen at the 400.
Current Reader article about the New 400’s pandemic survival.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-new-400-movie-theater/Content?oid=87466882&fbclid=IwAR1hMCaILXCUmyYwsMkDXojdj1bONqjLt5zGknCwThCSJw_HwDwyH0b4Tno