Elmhurst's York Theatre celebrates 100 years of movie magic

The one-room theatre opened Labor Day weekend of 1924 with a silent film and live organist.

CHICAGO — A west suburban movie theater entertaining generations of film fans will soon turn 100 years old, and the iconic York Theatre in Elmhurst has a lot to celebrate.'York Theatre is a really interesting kind of gem of downtown Elmhurst .'Jim Toth has been marketing director for Classic Cinemas, caretakers of the York theatre since 1991. The seats are all fancy recliners now and even heated, but the York Theatre in Elmhurst is still historic.

The movies on the marquee would change over the years, but the experience did not.'We saw E.T. here at the theater, and it was still the 900 seats, and it was still a sloped floor, and it was just an amazing experience,' Toth said.This movie theater has grown, and its story continues even as the movie theater industry struggles to recover from the pandemic and SAG-AFTRA strike.

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