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John Nash Ott Collection
[1926 circa: Ott Family Home Movie]
A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.
Robert and Theresa Davis Collection
What Is It?
"An experimental exercise with extension tubes, picturing textures in extreme closeup. Such materials as salt, bread, leaves, nylon hose, coffee gr...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Lift, The
A fickle (or is it haunted?!) elevator disrupts a man’s daily routine, ending tragically in a stairwell. Written & Directed by Chicago-born Robert ...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Slow Drying
A short comedic film about a man who buys slow drying paint at Zeek's Ace Hardware and accidentally paints himself into a corner.
Crea...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Fowl Play
A slapstick domestic comedy about a middle-aged couple trying to live more economically.
Margaret Conneely Collection
Yes, Lucy
A humorous Metro Movie Club film club short film. After a day of domestic squabbling, an imposing wife and bumbling husband have their furniture ap...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Mister E
A domestic black comedy, MISTER E expresses some of the edgier mischief and discontent that women of mid-century America could rarely express openl...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Switch, The
In this amateur domestic comedy by Chicago’s Metro Movie Club, housewives use 16mm film to outwit their horny husbands.
The Switch won...
Ron Doerring Collection
Battle of the Bulge
An amateur film made by and starring the husband and wife duo, John & Evelyn Kibar. Title cards with dialogue are dispersed throughout the film. A ...
Ron Doerring Collection
Strategist, The
An amateur film made by and starring the husband and wife duo, John & Evelyn Kibar. John is frustrated with Evelyn’s hat shopping habits. To distra...
Frank Koza Collection
Doc
A comedic home movie featuring Frank Koza Sr. playing a doctor, using props to pretend to give a physical exam to his wife, Albina. He then writes ...
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