Jack’s Run: The Story of a First Time Marathoner

A documentary following Jack Tranter as he runs his first marathon, the 1977 Mayor Daley Marathon. It was also the city of Chicago's first modern era marathon, with 4,200 runners gathering at the foot of the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza to run 26.2 miles through downtown and neighborhood streets—organized, in part, by Tranter's wife Erma. The annual race has since been rebranded as the Chicago Marathon.

Credits

Chuck Olin Associates (production company); Chuck Olin (director); Chuck Olin (producer); Tom Tibor (producer); Roy Berlin (camera); Norris McNamara (camera); G. Richard Sato (camera); P. Michael O'Sullivan (camera); Gordon Quinn (camera); Robin Rutledge (camera); Jack Sell (camera); Jerry Blumenthal (sound); Daniel Goldman (sound); John Mason (sound); Alphonse Blumenthal (contributor); Judy Hoffman (contributor); Jim Ritchie (contributor); Jay Tannenbaum (contributor); Meg Gerken (contributor); John Guenther (contributor); Marianne Hirsch (contributor); Gail Isaacson (contributor); Luca Kouimelis (contributor); John Mason (editor); Tom Tibor (editor); Jack Tranter (participant); Dan Cloeter (participant)

Complete catalog record

Cfa collection: Chuck Olin Collection
Subjects: Marathon running
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 550 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3712

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