Urban Animal
Footage of what appears to be some sort of an “arthouse film” from the 1970’s.
Witness a riveting Q&A Session at the University of Chicago that followed the screening of a new documentary on Mayor Harold Washington.
Explore “Woodfield Mall” and meet some of its employees and shoppers!
Americans vote on which picture of Elvis Presley’s likeness should be used on a US Postage Stamp!
A “Black and White” short produced by the Marshall Fields Company that connects Jupiter and Juno of the Ancient Roman Pantheon with everyday Americans in 1940’s America!
A biographical documentary on Karyn Kupcinet, a rising Hollywood star in the early 60s, as well as her untimely death, ruled a homicide by police.
I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN presents the life and times of Mary Ellen St. Aubin, a woman small in stature who lived large. She and her husband, Parnell St. Aubin–one of the original Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz–were in show business for much of their lives, until they retired to run the legendary Midget Club on Chicago’s South Side.
See a wide variety of vaudeville and burlesque acts from the “Golden Age of Show Business”!