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Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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The Tribune looks at Chicago's brief film boom of the early 20th century -- back when Charlie Chaplin called Essanay Studios on Argyle home, and before he decided Chicago was "too damn cold." Yeah, well.

 
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