Admiral Theatre

Admiral Theatre

The Admiral Theatre in Chicago, Illinois opened in 1927 as a vaudeville house. it was designed by Gallup and Joy and acquired by the Balaban and Katz circuit. The Admiral closed sometime in the late 1950s, and remained shuttered for many years until opening in 1969 as an all-cartoon venue. Unable to draw the crowds necessary to remain open, the Admiral closed again. In the early 1970s, the Admiral was opened as an adult movie house. After receiving a facelift in the 1980s, the Admiral continues to thrive as an adult venue and gentlemen’s club. While the interior has been drastically altered, the facade is in remarkably good shape.

In 1985, the then-owner of the Admiral, Patsy Ricciardi, who oversaw the mafia's Chicago pornography-distribution network was found dead in the trunk of a car. Ricciardi had been suspected of being an informant. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%200EB36D4995D254C3%20)&p_docid=0EB36D4995D254C3&p_theme=aggregated4&p_queryname=0EB36D4995D254C3&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=G53G44RAMTE3NDI2NTA0OC43MTY0ODI6MTo4OnJhLTEyOTg1&&p_multi=CSTB&s_jsEnabled=true]

References

* [http://www.admiralx.com Official website] "(Warning: adult content)"
* [http://cinematreasures.org/theater/974/ Cinema Treasures - Admiral Theatre]
*Bill Brashler, [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%200EB36D4995D254C3%20)&p_docid=0EB36D4995D254C3&p_theme=aggregated4&p_queryname=0EB36D4995D254C3&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=G53G44RAMTE3NDI2NTA0OC43MTY0ODI6MTo4OnJhLTEyOTg1&&p_multi=CSTB&s_jsEnabled=true Sometimes, even in real life, the tough guys finish dead last] , Chicago Sun-Times, January 12, 1987.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Admiral's Men — The Admiral s Men (also called the Admiral s company, more strictly, the Earl of Nottingham s Men; after 1603, Prince Henry s Men; after 1612, the Elector Palatine s Men or the Palsgrave s Men) was a playing company or troupe of actors in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Admiral's Men — ▪ English theatrical company also called  Lord Admiral s Men        a theatrical company in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. About 1576–79 they were known as Lord Howard s Men, so called after their patron Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham …   Universalium

  • Theatre organ — Console of the 3/13 Barton Theatre Pipe Organ at Ann Arbor s Michigan Theatre A theatre organ (also known as a cinema organ) is a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra. New designs have tended to be around some …   Wikipedia

  • Admiral's Men — Los Admiral s Men (en rigor, los Earl of Nottingham s Men; después de 1603, Prince Henry s Men; después de 1612, los Elector Palatine s Men o los Palsgrave s Men) fue una compañía de teatro durante la época isabelina y jacobina, considerada… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Theatre, The — ▪ historical building, London, United Kingdom       first public playhouse of London, located in the parish of St. Leonard s, Shoreditch.       Designed and built by James Burbage (the father of actor Richard Burbage (Burbage, Richard)), The… …   Universalium

  • Théâtre américain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale — Le Théâtre américain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale était une zone d opérations mineure, principalement due à l éloignement géographique du continent des conflits européens et asiatiques. Sommaire 1 Opérations allemandes 1.1 Bataille du Rio de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of Axis named operations in the European Theatre — The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or… …   Wikipedia

  • The Rose (theatre) — The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre (1576), the Curtain (1577), and the theatre at Newington Butts (c. 1580?) mdash; and the first of several playhouses to be situated in… …   Wikipedia

  • Fortune Theatre — es el nombre de dos teatros, uno histórico de la época isabelina, y otro actual en Londres. Contenido 1 El local del siglo XVII 2 El local del siglo XX 3 Notas 4 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Rose Theatre — a theatre built in 1587 near Southwark Bridge in the Bankside area in London, England, where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed and where Edward Alleyn acted. It was used until 1603, when all London theatres were closed because of the… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”