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Posted 29 August 2016 - 10:34 AM

Chicago Tribune, 8/24:
 

Union Station exhibit takes a ride through movie history

 

Venture into the secular cathedral that is downtown Union Station's Great Hall, high-ceilinged star of "The Untouchables" and other films featuring men in fedoras, and over in one corner you'll find a modest 10-panel exhibit devoted to Chicago's transit image in the movies.

 

What does that mean? It means Cary Grant dressed as a redcap, skulking around LaSalle Street Station accompanied by Eva Marie Saint in "North by Northwest." It means Chuck Norris, or, rather, Norris' double, leaping off a moving "L" train into the Chicago River in "Code of Silence."

 

These and other cinematic moments get the nod in "Windy City in Motion: Movies and Travel in Chicago," the new pocket-sized exhibit curated by Rachael Smith and presented by DePaul University and Lake Forest College. It's free and it'll take you next to no time to take in — perfect, if you have a train to catch.

 

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