This week, Chicago film
historians look back on the proto-DALLAS melodramatic soap opera,
ensemble disaster double feature of WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) and
BACK FROM ETERNITY (1956) which opened at the Gateway Theater on
March 1, 1957.
About the Podcast
Film historians Mike Vanderbilt and Adam Carston look back at the rich history of the double feature from a very Chicago point of view, exploring not only the history of the films but the stories of the theaters that screened them.