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In this excerpt from Oscar Winners in Chicago (25 min.)—our fourth program counting down to the 2024 Academy Awards—learn about a game-chang

On this virtual walking tour, visit the childhood home of film producer Quincy Jones and a mural that celebrates him.

Reconsider Chicago amusement parks like Riverview and Kiddieland through the lens of 5 home movies and a dunking booth game.

Celebrate six Chicago actors and the Hollywood musical for which they are most remembered

Get a bite-sized history of Hollywood censorship and Chicago's role in the matter

Learn more about the "dirty blonde" and Broadway mom who worked alongside the Marx Brothers.

On this virtual walking tour, learn about The Marx Brothers' Chicago connections

This video is about a road off Route 66 where the Marx Brothers comedy team once owned a chicken farm.

Try your hand at 1 question about Chicago's movie history

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Sadly, the location filming in Chicago of the 1961 movie "A Raisin in the Sun" echoed the racism in the play.

The "founding father of gay Chicago" documents a one-time sexual encounter with movie star Rock Hudson.

In educating 1930s Chicagoans about the dangers of syphilis, movies played a couple of roles.

On Chicago's South Side, Lorado Taft's sculpture Fountain of Time bears a fun little secret you can discover with our drone footage.

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...

Before dominating children's television, Bozo the clown performed for Hollywood's kids.