![[1926 circa: Ott Family Home Movie]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/5/3/38144_ca_object_representations_media_5310_small.jpg)
A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.
"An experimental exercise with extension tubes, picturing textures in extreme closeup. Such materials as salt, bread, leaves, nylon hose, coffee gr...
A fickle (or is it haunted?!) elevator disrupts a man’s daily routine, ending tragically in a stairwell. Written & Directed by Chicago-born Robert ...
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...
Crea...
A slapstick domestic comedy about a middle-aged couple trying to live more economically.
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...
A domestic black comedy, MISTER E expresses some of the edgier mischief and discontent that women of mid-century America could rarely express openl...
In this amateur domestic comedy by Chicago’s Metro Movie Club, housewives use 16mm film to outwit their horny husbands.
The Switch won...
The Switch won...
In this amateur domestic comedy by Chicago’s Metro Movie Club, housewives use 16mm film to outwit their horny husbands.
The Switch won...
The Switch won...
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 ...
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...
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 ...