Flick­er­ing Empire with Adam Selzer

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 • 9am

Location: Smith Village, 2320 West 113th Place, Chicago, IL

Join us on May 19^th at Smith Vil­lage as we wel­come Adam Selz­er, author of the book ​“FLICKERING EMPIRE.” He’ll dis­cuss the very brief peri­od when Chica­go was the lead­ing city in film pro­duc­tion, fea­tur­ing very rare (and fun­ny!) films from the archives. Thomas Edi­son, Char­lie Chap­lin, Oscar Micheaux, and Orson Welles play major roles in this vivid illus­tra­tion of the rise and fall of the major Chica­go movie stu­dios in the mid-silent era.

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