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Biograph Theater
Theater in Chicago, US, opened
The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions.
It gained early notoriety as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was leaving when he was shot down by FBI agents, after he watched a gangster movie there on July 22, [2][3] The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a Chicago Landmark on March 28, [4]
History
Designed by architect Samuel N.
Crowen in ,[4] the Biograph has many of the distinguishing characteristics of movie houses of the period, including a storefront-width lobby, recessed entrance, free-standing ticket booth, and canopy marquee.
The building is finished with red pressed brick and white-glazed terra cotta.
On July 22, , after attending the film Manhattan Melodrama with brothel madam Ana Cumpănaș, also known as An