Classic Movies Showing in Illinois

Elgin Community College Humanities Center
Elgin, IL, March - October, 2015

March 6th and 13th at 7:30 pm - Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964, directed by Jacques Demy, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, and Anne Vernon.

April 3rd at 7:30 pm - Sherlock Jr., 1924, directed by Buster Keaton and starring Buster Keaton and Kathryn McGuire, shown with the short, One Week, with live musical accompaniment by David Drazin.

October 3rd and 10th at 7:30 pm - Ugetsu, 1953, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, and starring Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Machiko Kyō.

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Gene Siskel Film Center
Chicago, IL

No classic Hollywood films are currently scheduled for the Gene Siskel Film Center

Park Ridge Public Library
Park Ridge, IL, March - April, 2015

March 5th at 7:00 pm - The Gaucho, 1927, directed by F. Richard Jones, and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, and Gustav von Seyffertitz.

March 12th at 7:00 pm - The Sign of the Cross, 1932, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Elissa Landi, Fredric March, and Claudette Colbert.

March 26th at 7:00 pm - Gabriel Over the White House, 1933, directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Walter Huston, Karen Morley, and Franchot Tone.

April 2nd at 7:00 pm - The Last Days of Pompeii, 1935, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, and starring Preston Foster and Basil Rathbone.

April 9th at 7:00 pm - Dante's Inferno , 1935, directed by Harry Lachman , and starring Spencer Tracy , Claire Trevor , and Henry B. Walthall .

April 16th at 7:00 pm - Les Miserables, 1935, directed by Richard Boleslawski, and starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton, and Cedric Hardwicke.

April 23rd at 7:00 pm - The Walking Dead, 1936, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Boris Karloff and Ricardo Cortez.

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University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Logan Center for the Arts
Chicago, IL, May, 2015

May 7th at 7:00 pm - A program of early African American silent-film paper prints from the Library of Congress, introduced by University of Chicago film professor Jacqueline Stewart. Live piano by David Drazin.

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