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James Benoit Collection
Could You Eat Just A Little Bit of Shit
A slyly subversive student film from the mid 1970s exploring the pitfalls of American consumer culture through the framework of a stoner comedy.
Chicago Public Library Collection
In the Divine Plan
A University of Chicago student film production and “Young Chicago Filmmakers Festival” award winner in 1971, Holden Franz Aust’s "In The Divine Pl...
Jack Behrend Collection
Unemployed Jr. Executive Man
Short film set to a blues soundtrack satirizing lazy corporate executives. Unemployed Junior Executive Man is a white collar business man who cann...
Jack Behrend Collection
Once Upon a Time
A humorous short student film using stop motion and time-lapse photography. When a Clayton College student doesn’t seem to have enough time in his ...
Jack Behrend Collection
Disinfection
An animated film about a man who gets caught up in his imagination while reading a book. His reveries are interrupted by his wife who continually e...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Games For Married Men
A distinctly Chicago tale of marital infidelity made by Central Cinematographers, a Chicago cine-club made up of “advanced amateurs” who met once a...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Hammond Organ Company “The Beginning”
A comedic animation about the invention, or beginnings, of Hammond Organs. The film begins with American engineer and inventor Laurens Hammond as h...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Hammond Organ Company “The Beginning”
A comedic animation about the invention, or beginnings, of Hammond Organs. The film begins with American engineer and inventor Laurens Hammond as h...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Hammond Organ Company “The Beginning”
A comedic animation about the invention, or beginnings, of Hammond Organs. The film begins with American engineer and inventor Laurens Hammond as h...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Campbell-Mithun, Inc. "Ac'cent Sales Film: The Honeymooners"
A comedic sales film for Campbell-Mithun, Inc.'s Ac'cent Flavor Enhancer product. The film begins with a husband and wife duo separately lounging a...
Rhodes Patterson Collection
CCA Xmas ‘71, ‘72 - Thinking Man's Red Riding Hood & Confessions of an Executive Secretary
Two short humorous (and surprisingly racy) narrative films made by Container Corporation of America employees for their 1971 (
Thinking Man's Re...
Rhodes Patterson Collection
Salesman: How Not to Make a Presentation
Industrial film made for Container Corporation of America employees, demonstrating how
not
to make a sales presentation.
Frank Koza Collection
WLS-TV News Promos
Four humorous bumpers for WLS-TV News in Chicago made by famed ad man Joe Sedelmaier. The ads cheekily explain the success and origins of the news ...
Frank Koza Collection
"Butch and Sundance: The Early Days" :30 TV Spot F 914 (20th Century Fox)
A television trailer for the film
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
(1979) directed by Richard Lester.
Marks and Stix Family Collection
It Came From The 'A' Wire
Student film written, directed, shot and edited by Paul Muth while he was a freshman at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Don McIlvaine Collection
Back Alley Rip-Off
An unfinished narrative film by artist Don McIlvaine, shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago with local actors. It follows two men that...
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