Dave Plier

The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace: A Century of the American Film Experience

by: Michael Heidemann

Posted: Nov 1, 2019 / 10:17 PM CDT

Updated: Nov 1, 2019 / 09:07 PM CDT

by: Michael Heidemann

Posted: Nov 1, 2019 / 10:17 PM CDT

Updated: Nov 1, 2019 / 09:07 PM CDT

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Dave Plier talks to filmmaker April Wright about her new documentary on the definitive story of The Movie Palace… including all iconic movie houses in Chicago… large, elaborately decorated movie theaters built between the 1910s and the 1940s… it’s debuting here in Chicago on November 12^th at the Music Box Theater.