WTTW Chicago Stories Screenings

Enjoy an episode of WTTW Chicago Stories in our theater as part of your visit!

In August, we’ll be screening “Al Capone’s Bloody Business.” 

Attorney William F. Waugh of the American Legion, right, talking with gangster Al Capone, center, Chicago, Illinois, March 1929. DN-0087660, Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection, CHM. 

During the Prohibition-era 1920s, a young man named Al Capone succeeded his mentor, Johnny Torrio, to run the Chicago Outfit. An Italian American crime syndicate first established by “Big Jim” Colosimo at the turn of the century, the Outfit amassed an estimated $100 million in revenue—more than $1.5 billion today—through its nearly 200 brothels, illegal alcohol production and sales, gambling, and racketeering. Capone’s gang became a sprawling criminal empire, often embattled in bloody conflicts that would cement Capone as one of America’s most notorious gangsters.

Running time: 56 minutes 

Screening Times*

Tuesday–Saturday: 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m.

Sunday: 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

The Great Chicago Adventure Film 

This dynamic film transports visitors through major events in Chicago’s history. 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.

Running time: 27 minutes.

Screening Times*

Tuesday–Saturday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m.

*The Robert R. McCormick Theater is occasionally used for other programs and events. Screening times subject to change. Please confirm times with the Ticket Desk during your visit.