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Chicago Theatre Mural Painter

Clip: 1/27/2015 | 6m 50sVideo has Closed Captions

Chicago-based painter Louis Grell was nearly forgotten until family members intervened.

Chicago-based painter Louis Grell was nearly forgotten until family members alerted Elmhurst's Theatre Historical Society about the over 300 commissions he did in movie palaces and hotels in the 1920s and 1930s.

01/27/2015 | Rating NR

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