Your Palace Awaits, Uptown!

“The Great Movie Palaces,” an exhibit of HistoryTV - Uptown’s online history museum - has just been uploaded to YouTube by the talented Magnolia Malden Neighbors.

Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 3

Let’s Compare:

Uptown Theatre • Uptown Chicago, IL • 4,381 Seats • Opened 1925

Once employed over 130 employees, including 34 full-time musicians • Grande Lobby capacity: 9,000 • Entrance height: 104’ (six-stories with an eight-story façade) • “It covers 46,000 square feet of land, making it the largest free-standing theatre in the country—bigger, even, than New York City’s Radio City Music Hall!”

Pantheon Theatre • Uptown Chicago, IL • 3,000 Seats • Opened 1918

Riviera Theatre • Uptown Chicago, IL • 2,600 Seats • Opened 1918

Lakeside Theater • Uptown Chicago, IL • 1,000 Seats • Opened 1915

DeLuxe Theatre • Uptown Chicago, IL • 600 Seats • Opened 1913

Other Uptown, Chicago Theaters:
The Clark Theater, The Fred R. Smith Theater, The Wilson Avenue Theatre

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre • Hollywood, CA • 2,200 Seats • Opened 1927

Radio City Music Hall • New York, NY • 5,933 Seats • Opened 1932

Kodak Theatre • Los Angeles, CA • 3,332 Seats • Opened 2001

Le Grand Rex • Paris, France • 2,800 Seats • Opened 1932

Teatro Massimo • Palermo, Italy • 1,350 Seats • Opened 1897

Drury Lane Theatre • London, England • 2,237 Seats • Opened 1812

Hippodrome Cinema • West Lothian, Scotland • 1,004 Seats • Opened 1912

Deutsches Schauspielhaus • Hamburg, Germany • 1,192 Seats • Opened 1901

The Chicago Theatre • Chicago, IL • 3,600 Seats • Opened 1921

Ravinia • Highland Park, IL • 3,200 Seats • Opened 1911