Charles Vidor (Gilda) directs this enthralling MGM musical-drama chronicling nightclub singer Ruth Etting’s rise to fame in 1920s Chicago. Doris Day shows off her superb dramatic acting skills as Etting, while Cagney is predictably great as Etting’s crude gangster-turned-manager Martin “the Gimp” Snyder.
Built in 1928, this theater operates as a nonprofit and is entirely community-owned. The building itself is a piece of local history, boasting a distinctive modified Spanish architectural design.story_potoo