UA Cinema
1111 W. 22nd Street,
Oak Brook,
IL
60523
1111 W. 22nd Street,
Oak Brook,
IL
60523
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
Architects: George K. Raad
Firms: George Raad & Associates
Previous Names: UA Cinema 150
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News About This Theater
- Aug 15, 2009 — "Apocalypse Now" 30th Anniversary
The 1,278-seat UA Cinema 150 opened June 19, 1968, in southwest suburban Oak Brook. The opening movie was Clark Gable in “Gone with the Wind”.
It was one of the only Chicago-area movie houses to feature the Dimension 150 process. In its earliest days, the Cinema 150 played roadshow films, like “Oliver” (in 1969) to reserved seating.
In December 1972, the theater was twinned, and the Dimension 150 projection equipment and screen were removed. It was also renamed the UA Cinema.
The UA Cinema closed on March 3, 1983 with Kate Nelligan in “Without a Trace” & Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria" in Screen 1 and Timothy Dalton in “The Living Daylights” in Screen 2.
It was demolished to make way for the eight-story 1111 W. 22nd Street building designed by Holabird & Root constructed on the site of the theater in 1984.
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As noted in the article to which Lost Memory linked above, the UA Cinema 150 in Oak Brook, like its counterparts in Dallas and in Santa Clara, California, was designed by San Francisco architect George Raad, George Raad & Associates. However, the Boxoffice article also lists the firm of Keys & Hestrupp alongside Raad for the Oakbrook project only. This was probably a local firm that supervised the construction for Raad’s distant office.
Also, I have a suspicion that Boxoffice might have misspelled one of the names (Hestrupp might actually have been Hestrup) but I’m not positive. What I can find is a .pdf about architectural resources in the village of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, which mentions a firm called Keys & Hestrup, and an error in Boxoffice seems more likely than an error in a local architectural survey.
the UA Cinema 150 looked like a beautiful theatre. Too bad it was twinned, and then, ultimately closed down.
A great theatre for a big film like OLIVER!
This opened on June 19th, 1968. I uploaded its grand opening ad in the photo section.
Better quality grand opening ad at:
I remember seeing ‘For Your Eyes Only’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’ here. Sad to see it go.
Fifty years ago today THE EXORCIST opened here. UA Cinema I was among only two-dozen cinemas in twenty-one North American markets to play the film at release launch.
I remember my father going there to see a closed circuit Muhammad Ali fight.
Closed on March 3, 1983 with “Without A Trace” and “Victor/Victoria” in Screen 1 and “Year Of Living Dangerous” in Screen 2.
Shortly after the theater’s 1983 closure, the building was destroyed by a fire that same year (possibly under suspicious circumstances). It was gutted to make way for the eight-story 1111 W. 22nd Street building designed by Holabird & Root in 1984.