![]() Simon are credited as the original architects. Theatre Architecture magazine noted in 1929 that the theatre "represents the smaller, though charming and well equipped, sound picture theatre which is rapidly taking the place of the 'deluxe' palace." The entire building, which also included nine storefronts and 32 apartments, cost an estimated $300,000. The lower portion of the marquee was replaced in 2018, it was designed to replicate the original. A bar and lounge was added in 2015 in the storefront directly north of the original building. Theatre acoustics were improved, replacement seats were installed, and some rows of seats were removed leaving it with a seating capacity of 75. "Theatre 2" was remodeled in 2013 to accommodate new digital projection and audio systems, as well as a larger screen. In 1991 a 100-seat theater was built in an existing storefront adjacent to the lobby, opening to the public on July 3 of that year. Southport Music Box Corporation also owns and operates Music Box Films, a distributor of foreign and independent films which began in 2007. It has been independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation since then. William Schopf, (the building owner since 1986) took over operations of the theater in 2003. Eventually, foreign films and independent and cult films were added to the roster and repertory screenings were moved to weekend matinee and midnight time slots. The theater was shuttered briefly until 1983 when Robert Chaney, Christopher Carlo and Stan Hightower formed the Music Box Theatre Corporation and restored and reopened the theater with a format of double feature revival and repertory films. Between 19, the Music Box was used sporadically for Spanish language films, pornographic films and Arabic language films. In 1931 the Music Box was one of several theaters bombed during an ongoing dispute between the Allied Independent Theaters' Association and the Motion Picture Operators' Union as the theater was employing non-union projectionists. The Music Box opened on Augat 3733 North Southport Avenue as a single screen theater with a seating capacity of 750. Built in 1929, it has been operating continuously as an art-house and repertory cinema since the early 1980s. ![]() The Music Box Theatre is a historic movie theater located in Chicago, Illinois. Music Box Theatre in Chicago, December 2015
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