Movie: The Great Chicago Adventure

Top 7 Billed Cast

Kaiser Ahmed
Kaiser Ahmed

Fazlur Khan

Ellie Danisch
Ellie Danisch

Jean

Tamara Biggs
Tamara Biggs

Suffragette

Jason Kingsley
Jason Kingsley

James Thompson

Carlton G. McBeth
Carlton G. McBeth

Dr. Taylor Augusta

Othel Robert Owen
Othel Robert Owen

Roger

Lon Withers
Lon Withers

Daniel Burnham

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    For those who heart history and the great city of Chicago, this film will take you through time with a small child and his nervous babysitter. Feel the intensity of the Great Chicago Fire and splendor of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Explore the sights of bustling Maxwell Street in the 1950s and peer down from an I-beam of the Sears Tower in the 1970s. Relive Chicago sports victories and cheer on President Obama during his Grant Park victory speech.

  • Release Date

    2015-07-04

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    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    We Heart History

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