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Big Downtown Christmas, The

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Film Identifier: F.2009-07-0001
Run Time
0h 10m 25s
Format
16mm
Color
Color
Sound
Optical
Date Produced
1960
Abstract
A charming story of a boy who gets lost in the lights and smells of downtown Chicago at Christmas time. He is taken in by the famous holiday windows at Marshall Fields and various other downtown department stores on State Street and Michigan Avenue. In a split-second conclusion, the boy discovers the meaning of the season as he finds his parents in the holiday crowds.
Main Credits
Sharp, Charles Dee (is filmmaker)
Additional Credits
Kaufman, Jay (sound)
Actors, Performers and Participants
Bettelheim, Eric (is actor)
Moore, Burton (is narrator)
Genre
Family
Form
Short
Related Place
Chicago (production location of)