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  • $10 SILENT COMEDY FILM – WE’RE IN THE NAVY NOW (1926)

    Des Plaines Theatre 1476 Miner St, Des Plaines, IL, United States

    “Stinky” Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, “Knockout” Hansen loses a fight with Percival “Sailor” Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a U.S. Navt recruiting office, and, the next thing they know, both are in the Navy and aboard an overseas transport ship. Madelyn Phillips is on board and Scruggs is the...

  • $10 SILENT ACTION COMEDY FILM: THE BUSHER (1919)

    Arcada Theatre 105 E Main St, St. Charles, IL, United States

    A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge? Live accompaniment provided by Chicagoland’s premiere organist Jay Warren!

  • $10 SILENT COMEDY FILM – “The Monster” (1925)

    Des Plaines Theatre 1476 Miner St, Des Plaines, IL, United States

    Small-town store clerk Johnny Goodlittle is smitten with his boss's pretty daughter, Betty Watson, and is enrolled in a correspondence school course as an aspiring private investigator. After receiving his diploma, badge, and gun, he involves himself in a local missing person case. The mysterious disappearance occurred in the vicinity of an old dark house...

  • $10 SILENT ACTION COMEDY FILM: “MISS BLUEBEARD” (1925)

    Arcada Theatre 105 E Main St, St. Charles, IL, United States

    In order to escape the demands on his time and energy by female admirers, Larry Charters, a popular writer of popular songs, arranges to have his friend Bob Hawley impersonate him. Traveling on the Continent, Bob meets a French actress, Colette, on a train. In France, Bob and Colette are accidentally left behind at a...

  • CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: SILENT FILM SCREENING

    Des Plaines Theatre 1476 Miner St, Des Plaines, IL, United States

    On August 9, 1925 the Des Plaines Theatre opened with a screening of "Are Parents People".  We will be re-creating the grand opening with a showing of that very silent film - 100 years later - for JUST 25 cents!  No RSVP needed and payment will be collected upon entry.  Doors to theatre will open...