City - Chicago, IL - Relax in cool comfort 1940 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
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City - Chicago, IL - Relax in cool comfort 1940 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1940, July
Original title: Movie Theatre
Photographer: John Vachon
Location: 57 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL
I got lucky with this one. Never would have I imagined the walls to be blood red with a blue trim. The original didn't support that color. Sometimes its hard to know what the color is supposed to be. Though 1940 did have a remarkable amount of red in its themes. From carpets to drapes, eye popping red often was seen.
I found this theater on a cinema, where is it now? Type of page. They give a history and past pictures of the place. And in one of those images, there was a rather crumbling sad exterior of this theater, some of the walls removed from the past 20 years, revealing these red walls and chrome. In that picture it was hard to tell what the floor color and rear wall color were, so I went with what looked best.
I was able to find all the movie posters that I could recognize. Though I did add a little more color on one. The example they had was loosely colored, and I couldn't believe that a movie poster would look that bland. .
I can't tell if its late day, or night, and that light is a bright sign. I'm going to guess its probably late in the day, they got off of work or something and are seeing a movie.
Currently this building was torn down in the 1970's but considering it opened in 1923, that isn't that bad.
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