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Walk virtually around the birthplace of Delta Airlines, and learn about the company's links to Chicago and in-flight entertainment.

Enjoy a list of curated sources about the first Ferris wheel, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and movies.

Travel back to the World's Fair of 1893 and experience the first Ferris wheel through movies and virtual reality

Learn about three silent-era Chicago movie theaters that survived the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Walk virtually with Chicago Movie Tours and hear why some Chicagoans claimed small movie houses lured certain filmgoers into a life of sin.

Travel back to Chicago's silent era to learn how makeup and men's hairpieces functioned both on and offscreen

On this virtual walking tour, learn about the S.S. Eastland tragedy via a suburban Chicago speakeasy and film.

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

Discover one way to clean 1920s movie houses on the cheap After the 1918 Flu Pandemic , movie theater owners in Chicago and across the...

Discover murals in Chicago that are devoted to movies.

Thank you supporting Chicago Movie Tours. Here’s to many more!

The Oscars have been contentious since their inception

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

In 1896, a newly established movie company made its way to Chicago. Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière are two of the first men whom film...

Technology, giving movie audiences trouble since 1920... "The Boy Scout leaders did not mess up your movie!" This was the cry heard...

Discover three reasons Carl Laemmle is a pioneer in film and Chicago

Silent film titles suggest Hollywood took note of the bungalow explosion in America

A suburban Chicago movie theater takes movie marketing to a realistic and unnerving level.