Free popcorn will be given to all individuals attending movies on Friday and Saturday courtesy of R. Franczak & Associates. The Des Plaines-based company has agreed to pay the cost of providing a free bag of popcorn to all who attend the showings.

The Three Stooges, Our Gang, Abbott and Costello, and Laurel and Hardy all will be featured, as well as surprise cartoons and shorts.

For many, it is one of the few opportunities to see these icons of American humor on the big screen. Show times are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday May 20 and 21. Tickets are just $5, $4 for members, seniors and students. Children under five are free.

The theater is located at 1476 Miner St. across from the Des Plaines Metra station. Convenient parking is available nearby.

Variety is the spice of life, and the Old Time Comedy Night promises plenty.

Our Gang's "Follies of 1938" was their final two reeler, as well as the Gang's final work with the Hal Roach Studios, and the final film performance of Pete the Pup, the ring-eyed dog. It features all of the popular series greatest characters such as Spanky, Darla, Porky, Buckwheat, and Jackie Cooper. It also features Alfalfa's unforgettable rendition of "The Barber of Seville".

In "Disorder in the Court", from 1936, The Three Stooges, Larry, Curly and Moe, disrupt a trial with their crazed antics reenacting a murder. Unforgettable is the sequence where Curly takes the stand. For trivia buffs, look for Moe and Curly's father in the front row.

Laurel and Hardy are featured in the 1939 "The Flying Deuces". Oliver, his heart broken by the innkeeper's daughter, joins the Foreign Legion and drags Stan along with him. An escape from the firing squad aboard a stolen airplane leads to a funny and unexpected conclusion.

The great comedians, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, will be represented by segments from the 1950s "Colgate Comedy Hour" where the team performed the old routines for the new television audience.

The Society will continue showing films every other week throughout the summer.

The Des Plaines Theater Preservation Society is dedicated to saving and restoring the building, which opened in 1925. Declared eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, the theater housed a wide variety of entertainment in its hay day. The Society seeks to restore this eclectic sense of vaudeville by presenting films, concerts and variety shows. The theater also hosts "Bollywood" films on a regular basis, drawing crowds from all over the Chicagoland area.