[1943: Walls & Helen]
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Home movie footage of an adult gathering where some are dressed up in costume. It is uncertain whether this is footage from a Halloween, New Years, or Purim gathering. Adult costumes include baby, Hitler, Graucho Marx and a woman in blackface. Features the friends and family of Wallace Sommerfeld. Content note: this film depicts offensive racial and ethnic caricatures, including blackface.
Credits
Wallace Sommerfeld (filmmaker); Helen Sommerfeld (actor); Wallace Sommerfeld (actor); Jeanette Cahn (actor); Max Cahn (actor); Wallace’s mother Sommerfeld (actor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Glick - Berolzheimer Collection
Subjects: Parties
Language: English
Cfa elements: 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3167
Subjects: Parties
Language: English
Cfa elements: 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3167
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:08