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Broncho Billy, Colonel Selig, and an Unreconstructed Confederate: Chicago’s...
This past week a bright and charming grade-schooler interviewed me about Chicago’s place in film history. He was knee deep in producing a documentary for his school’s history fair, and I was one of the...
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Juli, Luther, and Oscar: Chicago’s Role in the History of Race Movies
Last week, I wrote about Chicago’s role in the birth of the mainstream film industry, which is most often treated as a footnote in text books and film histories. Even less known is the city’s...
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‘Flickering Empire’ Reveals Chicago’s Role in Film History
Can you guess where the first film version of The Wizard of Oz was produced? Hollywood, 1939? What about the first newsreel? New York, maybe? Or, the initial screen adaptation of A Christmas Carol?...
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Broncho Billy, Colonel Selig, and an Unreconstructed Confederate: Chicago’s...
This past week a bright and charming grade-schooler interviewed me about Chicago’s place in film history. He was knee deep in producing a documentary for his school’s history fair, and I was one of the...
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Juli, Luther, and Oscar: Chicago’s Role in the History of Race Movies
Last week, I wrote about Chicago’s role in the birth of the mainstream film industry, which is most often treated as a footnote in text books and film histories. Even less known is the city’s...
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‘Flickering Empire’ Reveals Chicago’s Role in Film History
Can you guess where the first film version of The Wizard of Oz was produced? Hollywood, 1939? What about the first newsreel? New York, maybe? Or, the initial screen adaptation of A Christmas Carol?...
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From Flappers to Feminists: The Movie Versions of Chicago
When I lived in Chicago, I enjoyed learning the city’s history—not the events you find in text books but the city’s pop culture history. Chicago was that toddlin’ town where notorious gangsters opened...
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