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Chicago Tribune
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in Chicago History: Essanay Studios — briefly home to Charlie Chaplin — opens for movie production
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 10, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) 1907: Essanay Studios began its 10-year run of making movies in Chicago, featuring Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson and other box-office stars. The studio made 2,000 films. About 215 survive today. Lost 'Sherlock Holmes' film shot in Chicago from 1916 found in FranceFor 23 cold winter days in early 1915, Chaplin lived and worked in Chicago, where he made one of his short comedies for Essanay Studios, 'His New Job,' before fleeing for Essanay's operation in Niles, California. 1983: ChicagoFest was held for the last time. Among the acts at Soldier Field were the Charlie Daniels Band, Chicago, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Beach Boys. 1995: Sears officially moved its headquarters to Hoffman Estates. Nearly 5,000 employees would work at the suburban site. Sears headquarters had been in Chicago since Richard W. Sears moved his watch company there from North Redwood, Minnesota, in 1887. Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 yearsDemolition of the vacant campus began in 2024. Dallas-based Compass Datacenters bought much of the 273-acre site at 3333 Beverly Road on the village's far western edge in 2023, and planned to construct five massive data centers, which house the IT components needed to run the internet. Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Yahoo
Blasco Library hosting ‘Valencrimes Week' for true crime lovers
'Valencrimes' continues at the Blasco Library this week, this time taking listeners back to an old cold case in Erie. 'Valencrimes Week' is an event for crime lovers to come together and listen to true crime stories from authors and researchers. Erie Zoo to host 'Hoo Do You Love' Valentine's event this weekend On Tuesady night a local expert told the story of Mary Holland, an investigator dubbed 'the female Sherlock Holmes' who was called to look into an Erie murder in the early 1900s. He said Holland was the best-known private investigator in America at the time, but even she couldn't solve the murder. Coming in 'candy' — Local chocolate stores stock up on supplies for Valentine's Day rush 'She didn't solve it either. She said during the peak of her career that only one homicide in five was ever solved,' said Gary Wesman, a local researcher. 'Valencrimes Week' will continue with events at the Blasco Library until Thursday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sherlock Holmes Animated Spin-Off ‘Baker Street Four' Starts Production As Germany's ARD Joins Major Euro Co-Production
EXCLUSIVE: Production has started on Baker Street Four, an animated series that follows a ragtag trio of street urchins – and a cat called Watson – who act as legendary detective Sherlock Holmes' eyes and ears on the ground. German public broadcaster ARD has come on board the project, joining the previously announced French pay TV giant Canal+ and teeing up big-ticket European co-production. More from Deadline Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh Talks Growth For Pan-European Giant, Recent IPO, Africa Investment & Plans For More 'Paddington' Movies French Animated Series 'Samuel' About Growing Pains Of 10-Year-Old Boy Is Poised For Int'l Push Having Delivered Viral Hit For Arte Viral French Hit Animated Series 'Samuel' Sets Sales With Folivari International The show is based on the successful French comic book series 'Les Quatre de Baker Street', written by Jean-Blaise Djian and Olivier Legrand, and illustrated by David Etien. Folivari and Blue Spirit are making the series, bringing together two award-winning France-based animation houses. News of the series first surfaced at the Annecy animation fest in 2019. With ARD on board it is now full steam ahead on production. Skewing to a 6-to-10-year-old audience, the series is directed by Francis Canitrot. It will run to 12 parts and hit screens in 2027. Specifically, Baker Street Four follows three of Holmes' helpers and is an inside look at some of the group known in the Arthur Conan Doyle's stories as the Baker Street Irregulars. From the slums of Victorian London, the Baker Street Four of the series are Billy, who see himself as the brains of the band of urchins, Tom, an acrobat and ace pickpocket, and Charlotte, the resourceful one of the group. Their stray cat Watson completes the quartet. Folivari International – which is headed by Melissa Vega and was founded last year by her and Folivari founders Damien Brunner, Thibaut Ruby, and Didier Brunner – is across sales. Vega is at the Kidscreen confab in San Diego this week as the global rollout of the series takes shape. 'We're thrilled to kick off production on the series, thanks to ARD's greenlight,' she said. 'We want the children to discover this series as their first co-viewing experience – one that brings the whole family together through thrilling investigations filled with comedy and adventure.' Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan's Next Film – 'The Odyssey': Release Date, Cast And More 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Spirits, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More 2024 Hollywood & Media Deaths: Photo Gallery & Obituaries
