Humoresque
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
Publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst founded Cosmopolitan Productions to boost the screen career of his mistress Marion Davies, but the studio f... Read more
Sun, Mar 24
A Woman of Paris
Part of: To Avoid Any Misunderstanding: The Other Charles Chaplin
Having built his career as both an actor and director of silent cinema with comedic short films starring his wildly popular Little Tramp character, Ch... Read more
Padlocked
Part of: The Chicago Film Society Presents
The sexual hypocrisy of the Jazz Age is skewered, throttled, and puréed in Padlocked, an upside-down morality tale about the petty tyranny of the puri... Read more
Sat, Apr 13
Crossing Delancey
Thirty-something Isabelle "Izzy" Grossman (Amy Irving) spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother (R... Read more
Sun, Apr 14
Limelight
Part of: To Avoid Any Misunderstanding: The Other Charles Chaplin
Depressed over her failed dance career, Terry (Claire Bloom) attempts suicide, only to be rescued by Calvero (Charles Chaplin), an impoverished, once-... Read more
A King in New York
Part of: To Avoid Any Misunderstanding: The Other Charles Chaplin
When King Igor Shahdov (Charles Chaplin) flees the revolutionaries of Estonia, he arrives in New York City with almost nothing. With a theater backgro... Read more