Vintage 1940 3D Tru-Vue True View Chez Paree After Dark Chicago IL Film #1305

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Vintage 1940 3D Tru-Vue True View Chez Paree After Dark Chicago IL Film #1305 View-Master
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I have been collecting 3D media for the last 30 years and finally decided it's time to part ways with some of my favorite things. This is one of the hardest to find and most desirable Tru Vue films ever made. (Please see my other listings for the others)
It features photos taken from all around the famous nightclub. One 3D photos shows the Sterener Sisters as they do a warm up stretch before the evenings performance. Another shows producer, Fred Evans with several of his "Adorables" dancers. Another is of Lois Wallner with his amazing all male chorus. And another with Frank Libuse and Lois Sterner, the clowns of all clowns. Margot Brander is shown at the mic, and Morton Downey at the piano. Another backstage photo in amazing 3D shows a few of the beautiful dancers as they snack on potato chips. Very historic photos of this classic Chicago night club.
Condition:
The film is in excellent condition. I have personally gone through it with white gloves to inspect every frame and every film cog. Everything checks out and is in excellent condition. For those interested in viewing these I would suggest pulling them slowly through the viewer rather than using the advance. This is how the cogs get torn. The original silver and red box has all flaps attached and is also in excellent condition. It does have some
very slight shelf wear
which is to be considered from a small box that has been around for almost 70 years. I have tried my best to photograph every aspect of the box and film. Please check them out and if you have any questions, please email!
Thanks for looking!
About Chez Paree from Wikipedia:
The Chez Paree was a Chicago nightclub, which opened in 1932 and closed in 1960. Located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago at 610 N. Fairbanks Court, the club was host to many great entertainers, ranging from singers to comedians to vaudeville acts.  A "new" Chez Paree opened briefly in the mid-1960s on 400 N. Wabash Avenue and was seen in the film Mickey One with Warren Beatty.
The Chez Paree was originally opened in 1932 by Mike Fritzel and Joe Jacobson. After reported financial problems operating the large club, it was sold to a group of partners in 1949; Jack Schatz, Don Jo Medlevine, Al Kaiser (not the MLB player), and Dave Halper.
At the height of Chicago mob influence, the Chez Paree was noted for having been frequented by many of the recognizable mob names of that era. The address is now home to a real estate development firm called Schatz Development and an Internet-based apartment listing service known as Domu.
Artists who performed at Chez Paree included:
Musicians:
The Ames Brothers
The Andrews Sisters
Louis Armstrong
Pearl Bailey
Belle Baker
Polly Bergen
Tony Bennett
Ben Bernie
Bobby Breen
Teresa Brewer
Carol Bruce
Cab Calloway
Kitty Carlisle
Rosemary Clooney
Nat King Cole
Vic Damone
Dorothy Dandridge
Billy Daniels
Bobby Darin
Jean Darling
Sammy Davis Jr.
Morton Downey
Billy Eckstine
Dale Evans
Frances Faye
Benny Fields and Blossom Seeley
Gracie Fields
Ella Fitzgerald
Connie Francis
Jane Froman
The Garland Sisters
Eydie Gormé
Dolores Gray
Mitzi Green
Joel Grey
Connie Haines
Phil Harris
Woody Herman
Al Hibbler
Billie Holiday
Libby Holman
Lena Horne
Betty Hutton
Ina Ray Hutton
Mahalia Jackson
Allan Jones
Kitty Kallen
Frankie Laine
Frances Langford
Steve Lawrence
Liberace
George Liberace
Ted Lewis
Ella Logan
Julie London
Vincent Lopez
Abe Lyman
June MacCloy
Rose Marie
Peter Marshall
Dean Martin
Tony Martin
Johnny Mathis
Borrah Minnevitch
Carmen Miranda
Helen Morgan
Gertrude Niesen
Helen O'Connell
Jane Powell
Louis Prima
Tito Puente
Johnnie Ray
Phil Regan
Harry Richman
Beverly Roberts
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Lillian Roth
Connie Russell
Jean Sablon
Wini Shaw
Ethel Shutta
Nina Simone
Frank Sinatra
Keely Smith
Billy Strayhorn
Yma Sumac
Jack Teagarden
Kay Thompson and The Williams Brothers
Mel Tormé
Helen Traubel
Sophie Tucker
Rudy Vallee
Gus Van
Sarah Vaughan
Fran Warren
Dinah Washington
Comedians:
Allen & Rossi
Morey Amsterdam
Milton Berle
Joey Bishop
Ben Blue and Ben Lessy
Wally Brown and Alan Carney
Red Buttons
Sid Caesar
Jack Carter
Imogene Coca
Myron Cohen
Jimmy Durante
Totie Fields
Paul Gilbert
Jack Gilford
Buddy Hackett
Peter Lind Hayes
Lou Holtz
Bob Hope
George Jessel
Danny Kaye
Alan King
Jack E. Leonard
Buddy Lester
Jerry Lewis
Joe E. Lewis
Gary Morton
Zero Mostel
Jan Murray
Tommy Noonan
Martha Raye
The Ritz Brothers
Jimmy Savo
Herb Shriner
Red Skelton
Larry Storch
Danny Thomas
Mae West
Bert Wheeler
Yacht Club Boys
Henny Youngman
Dancers/Other Celebrities:
June Taylor
Carmen Amaya
Bill Baird's Marionettes
Edgar Bergen
Ray Bolger
John Boles
Louise Brooks
Cyd Charisse
Jack Cole
Carmen De Lavallade
Paul Draper
Katherine Dunham
Bob Fosse
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Tess Gardella
Lita Grey
Harriet Hoctor
Geoffrey Holder
Betty and Jane Kean
Jeni Le Gon
Hal Le Roy
Marie McDonald
Butterfly McQueen
Ann Miller
The Nicholas Brothers
Eleanor Powell
June Preisser
Bill Robinson
Mickey Rooney
Lupe Vélez
Señor Wences
Veloz and Yolanda
About Tru-Vue from the UK Viewmaster website:
TRU-VUE Inc., Rock Island, Illinois USA manufactured the viewers and over 400 different 3D film reels. The company was founded in 1931 and after the 1933 "Century of Progress Exposition" in Chicago grew and flourished through the 1930's and 40's. The original viewers used 35mm filmstrips, generally containing 14 stereo views, which were pulled through the viewer using a lever. In 1949 Tru-Vue sold over a million reels of film!.  The quality of the 3D presented is generally very good, although the films need to be handled carefully. Film-strips and viewers were made between 1933 and 1952. Ultimately the Tru-Vue company was acquired by Sawyers View-Master in 1952, who wanted the rights to Disney licences held by the company.
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