Saturday night marks the end of an era in Chicago moviegoing: the Classic Film Series, founded in 1972 by old-time radio guru Chuck Schaden, will present its last screening, Laurel and Hardy's 1934 fantasy Babes in Toyland. For decades the series was funded and hosted by LaSalle Bank, whose branch at Irving Park and Cicero had a nice little 298-seat theater on its second floor; a community goodwill project on the bank's part, the series continued after LaSalle was swallowed up by Bank of America in October 2007, but now that Bank of America has sold the building, time has finally run out for the Classic Film Series.…
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