Jim Christopulous and his son Luke, 5, were geared up Saturday for the Universal Monster Classics film festival at the Portage Theater, a vintage movie house that has been regaling Chicago cinema buffs since it opened in 1920.
With Luke dressed in a t-shirt illustrating an epic battle between Godzilla and King Kong, the father and son planned to see “Abbot & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “House of Frankenstein.” Instead, they were met by a doorman who told customers the Portage Park neighborhood theater has been shut down. “All month we’ve been talking about this (show),” Christopulous said, later. “It’s a terrible blow.” But the 93-year-old Portage Theater won’t be screening any films at all for the foreseeable future. The only drama at the movie house that sits on the historic Six Corners intersection – or is it a mystery? – will come from ownership and city officials. Erineo “Eddie” Carranza, the theater’s owner, claims that Ald. John Arena, (45th,) has blocked his application for a business license and a liquor license after he purchased the Portage last September.
(link below)
http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/chi-portage-theater-closed-padlocked-20130525,0,6114512.story
Sunday, May 26, 2013
PORTAGE THEATER CLOSED
Jim Christopulous and his son Luke, 5, were geared up Saturday for the Universal Monster Classics film festival at the Portage Theater, a vintage movie house that has been regaling Chicago cinema buffs since it opened in 1920.
With Luke dressed in a t-shirt illustrating an epic battle between Godzilla and King Kong, the father and son planned to see “Abbot & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “House of Frankenstein.” Instead, they were met by a doorman who told customers the Portage Park neighborhood theater has been shut down. “All month we’ve been talking about this (show),” Christopulous said, later. “It’s a terrible blow.” But the 93-year-old Portage Theater won’t be screening any films at all for the foreseeable future. The only drama at the movie house that sits on the historic Six Corners intersection – or is it a mystery? – will come from ownership and city officials. Erineo “Eddie” Carranza, the theater’s owner, claims that Ald. John Arena, (45th,) has blocked his application for a business license and a liquor license after he purchased the Portage last September.
(link below)
http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/chi-portage-theater-closed-padlocked-20130525,0,6114512.story
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