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"An experimental exercise with extension tubes, picturing textures in extreme closeup. Such materials as salt, bread, leaves, nylon hose, coffee gr...

Chuck Kleinhans performs a tongue-in-cheek "bad boy" persona.

A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.

Short, silent advertisement for the QRS Company's combination camera and projector. The Chicago-based company sold the 16mm equipment for $98.50, u...

Experimental short featuring light and shadow patterns around an apartment and on filmmaker Chuck Kleinhans' legs and feet. It was likely made whil...

A cat (Michi) sunbathes and eats catnip.

A home movie reel consisting of four parts spliced together, one in color and the following in black and white. In the first, color segment, a Rock...

Silent home movies that feature the Finnegans’ travels, in possibly the Southwest of the United States. 

Silent home movies that feature four sisters performatively posing, playing outside and enjoying carnival rides together, sometimes including their...

A silent home movie featuring children playing with their Christmas toys, a child’s third birthday party celebration, and families interacting outd...

A silent home movie that shows an elderly woman as she enters and rides in a Rolls-Royce to a house. She then proceeds to pose performatively in va...

A travelogue film that portrays the lively culture of the Canary Islands; specifically, the island of Tenerife. The footage also captures the dry, ...

A fickle (or is it haunted?!) elevator disrupts a man’s daily routine, ending tragically in a stairwell. Written & Directed by Chicago-born Robert ...

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...

A short comedic film about a man who buys slow drying paint at Zeek's Ace Hardware and accidentally paints himself into a corner.

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A slapstick domestic comedy about a middle-aged couple trying to live more economically.