Lake Theatre Celebrates 75 Years With Classic 1936 Film Series

Celebrate Columbus Day with Tarzan on the Big Screen!

This Columbus Day, bring the entire family to see Tarzan on the big screen! On Monday, October 10^th, the Lake is presenting a kid friendly movie from 1936, Tarzan Escapes, as part of its Classic 1936 Film Series. This film series is presented on the second Monday of every month, at 1 PM and 7 PM, located at 1022 Lake Street in downtown Oak Park.

Witty, inspiring, enlightening, and fun…these are the films of 1936 the year the iconic Lake Theatre first opened its doors in the heart of downtown Oak Park. This film series will give patrons a rare opportunity to experience these classic films as they were originally meant to be seen – on the big screen in a historic theatre. 

October brings us the King of the Apes in Tarzan Escapes. The third of the MGM Tarzan series to feature Olympic swimming champ Johnny Weissmuller in the title role, this time with Maureen O’Sullivan as his Jane. She is tricked by evil hunters into abandoning her fairy tale life with Tarzan, so the Ape Man sets out to reunite with his one true love. This diverting adventure film is replete with double-crossing bad guys, unfriendly natives, elephants, capture and escape from captivity, and deadly quicksand. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the movie is based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who is a fellow Oak Parker!

UPCOMING 1936 CLASSIC FILM SERIES AT THE LAKE:

Second Monday of each Month at 1PM & 7PM

All Seats $5—Tickets available at Lake Theatre box office                                     

Nov. 14         After the Thin Man        

Dec. 12         Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

And, just in time for Halloween, the Lake Theatre has added a 75^th Anniversary Halloween Midnight Show on Saturday, October 28^th with yet another classic from 1936 The Invisible Ray with Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi, along with an original 1936 Flash Gordon serial episode.