A Raisin in the Sun and Filming in Chicago
Sadly, the on-location filming of A Raisin in the Sun echoes the racism in the play.
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- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
Rock Hudson, Marshall Field's, and the Father of Gay Chicago
The "founding father of gay Chicago" documents a one-time sexual encounter with movie star Rock Hudson.
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- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Syphilis Movies and Chicago
In educating 1930s Chicagoans about the dangers of syphilis, movies played a couple of roles.
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
The Secret Above Chicago's Fountain of Time
On Chicago's South Side, Lorado Taft's masterpiece Fountain of Time bears a fun little secret.
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- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Chicago's Central Park Theatre: Then and Now
Take a quick look—then and now—at Chicago's Central Park Theatre. Around this time in 1917, a theater opened at 3535 W. Roosevelt Road in...
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