For the citizen whose tax dollar runs The Big City. This is the story of what he buys.
St. Louis’s annual report to taxpayers. The Big City visually illustrated how tax dollars were put to good use and was considered a “graphic, fluent and compact documentary” by Howard Thompson. Note: Sixteen prints were made for exhibition by schools, civic organizations, and church groups. For more on the filmmaker, see Shelby Coffey III, “Politics as an Art Form: Guggenheim and the Movies,” Washington Post, Feb. 9, 1969, 262.
Charles Guggenheim
Director, Writer
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The Class of ‘9271%
Sherman's March67%
Directed by John Ford70%
McQueen74%
35 Up76%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Public Speaking70%
Fuck64%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Maternal Instinct72%
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28 Up75%
180° South72%
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