Grimes Funeral
Film Identifier: F.2012-03-1712
Run Time
0h 1m 46s
0h 1m 46s
Format
16mm
16mm
Color
B&W
B&W
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
January 1957
January 1957
Abstract
Negative footage of the funeral of Barbara (15) and Patricia Grimes (12), victims of a still-unsolved double murder. The girls' bodies were discovered alongside a deserted road in Willow Springs on January 22, 1957, nearly a month after they disappeared after seeing a movie at Brighton Park theater in McKinley Park. Their disappearance initiated one of the largest missing persons investigations in the history of Chicago.
Negative footage of the funeral of Barbara (15) and Patricia Grimes (12), victims of a still-unsolved double murder. The girls' bodies were discovered alongside a deserted road in Willow Springs on January 22, 1957, nearly a month after they disappeared after seeing a movie at Brighton Park theater in McKinley Park. Their disappearance initiated one of the largest missing persons investigations in the history of Chicago.
Description
Exterior shot of a casket outside of a church; pallbearers included some of Barbara's classmates. Interior shot of the Holy Mass. A large group of mourners gather outside St. Maurice Church. The girls' mother, Lorretta, is seeing crying and getting into a vehicle. The funeral procession leaves the church.
Exterior shot of a casket outside of a church; pallbearers included some of Barbara's classmates. Interior shot of the Holy Mass. A large group of mourners gather outside St. Maurice Church. The girls' mother, Lorretta, is seeing crying and getting into a vehicle. The funeral procession leaves the church.
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form
Related Place
Chicago (depicts)