Product Details

• Actors: Bill Margeson
• Directors: Robert Sandidge
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: November 22, 1996
• Run Time: 44 minutes
• ASIN: 1576544001
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #645,144 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Anthony Hamilton, writer, Bill Margeson, host, and myself, Robert Sandidge, producer - director, spun this little video adventure one overcast October with the intention of rounding up funding for a longer version with a bit more flash for television or theatrical release. When the preview edit was done, we realized that this version had merit of its own. While there are a couple of scenes with less than optimal light, the whole production has an authenticity and gritty reality appropriate to the subject and a feel that will not likely be captured again. In fact, several of the locations have since been demolished. What you see here is truly a historical document!

Bill Margenson's knowledge and enthusiasm excites and involves even those not interested in this darker aspect of Chicago and U.S. history! His mostly tongue-in-cheek presentation keeps us wondering what he really thinks of these gangster types. What are you trying to tell us Bill?

Product Description

Enjoy a video tour of Chicago's most infamous Gangland sites. These are the places tourists want to see but seldom get to see ... like the bullet holes pockmarking the front wall of the Holy Name Cathedral, and Al Caphone's private home. The actual site of the St. Valentine Day's Massacre (with the assist of computer animation). The hotels frequented by Al Capone and other gangsters. The movie theatre where John Dillinger was gunned down. The funeral home where many of the most famous names in Gangland history made their exit - and then there are the burial sites - Al Capone's final resting spot (out the open but not visible unless you know where it is) - the mausoleums errected for the like of "Three Finger" Early Hymie Weiss, Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci, "The Terrible" Gennas, Tony "The Dancing Torpedo" Guinta, and others.

Host Bill Margeson shares his expert knowledge of Chicago, its gangsters and it's Gangland sites to tell and show you what they did, where they did it - and what it all looks like today, seventy or so years later. C'mon, let's go look!

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