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overflow-hidden"><img width="128" height="92" src="https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Clint-Worthington.jpg" class="h-full object-cover not-transparent" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Clint-Worthington.jpg 723w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Clint-Worthington-389x281.jpg 389w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Clint-Worthington-249x180.jpg 249w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Clint-Worthington-324x234.jpg 324w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Clint-Worthington-256x185.jpg 256w" sizes="(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="c6c6c6" style="--dominant-color: #c6c6c6;" /></div> <a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/contributors/clint-worthington">Clint Worthington</a> </div> <div class="font-heading-sans text-meta-grey"> September 20, 2024 </div> <div class="font-heading-sans text-meta-grey ml-4"> 2 min read </div> </div> </div> </header> <section class="m-auto max-w-[1440px] px-6 sm:px-8 flex flex-col justify-center md:grid md:grid-cols-12"> <div class="col-start-1 col-end-13 lg:col-start-3 lg:col-end-11"> <div class="mt-2 mb-6 md:mb-12 lg:mb-16"> <div class="mb-4"><img width="840" height="560" src="https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-jpg.webp" class="h-full object-cover not-transparent wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-jpg.webp 840w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-768x512-jpg.webp 768w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-422x281.jpg 422w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-270x180.jpg 270w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-324x216.jpg 324w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-256x171.jpg 256w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="5c5c5c" style="--dominant-color: #5c5c5c;" /></div> <article id="post-245636" class="post-245636 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-tributes"> <div class="entry-content text-lg sm:text-xl leading-7 sm:leading-8 mb-7 sm:mb-9"> <p>If Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were the two stars of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies," the intimate movie theater set on which they shared their takes on film releases new and old was the third. You can thank set designer <a href="https://www.mloewensteinart.com/about.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mickey Loewenstein</a> for that, a legendary scenic designer at Chicago's WTTW-Channel 11 for 40 years who shaped the look of television's most iconic film review show. On August 20th, 2024, he passed from natural causes in his Florida home at the age of 90. </p><div class="roger-post-inline-1" style="float: left; " id="roger-1350136433"><div class="AdvallyTag" id="AdvAd-PostFloat-Left"></div></div> <p>Loewenstein began working at WTTW in 1959 as a set designer, benefiting from the large budgets and creative freedom that came from the golden age of television. There, he designed sets for everything from the live-music powerhouse "Soundstage" to the kid's puppet show "Kikla, Fran, and Ollie" to the Peabody-award-winning 1983 ballet production of "The Merry Widow. "</p> <p>But arguably, his most famous creation was the set for "Siskel & Ebert and the Movies" (fashioned, of course, in 1975 when the show was initially called "Opening Soon ... at a Theater Near You"), affecting the look of a sprawling movie house that belong only to Roger & Gene. It was their playhouse, and it looked like they had the whole house all to themselves.</p><div class="roger-post-inline-2" id="roger-130726354"><div class="AdvallyTag" data-nameprefix="AdvAd-PostInline"></div></div> <p>The kicker, and part of Loewenstein's production magic, was that the set was much smaller than it appeared on screen. Modeled after the Highland Park movie theater Loewenstein frequented growing up, the "Siskel & Ebert" set was actually a tiny television studio set. He used forced perspective to make everything look bigger: Screens, back rows, exit signs, all of it was built to one-third scale. In real life, Roger & Gene looked like giants. On TV, they were lost in the din of the theater.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-dominant-color="676164" data-has-transparency="false" style="--dominant-color: #676164;" decoding="async" width="840" height="639" src="https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-jpg.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-245637 not-transparent" srcset="https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-jpg.webp 840w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-768x584-jpg.webp 768w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-369x281.jpg 369w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-237x180.jpg 237w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-324x246.jpg 324w, https://www.rogerebert.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-2-256x195.jpg 256w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" /></figure> <p>It's a design that would linger through the entirety of the show's run, as hosts and sensibilities and broadcast affiliates changed. Through all that tumult, Loewenstein's set loomed large, even if it seemed small. </p> <p>Born in 1933 to a father who worked in real estate and a bookstore-owner mother, Loewenstein built his bona fides early with a theater major at the University of Colorado and a two-year stint designing sets for the entertainment branch of the military, Special Services. </p><div class="roger-post-inline-2" id="roger-2119250389"><div class="AdvallyTag" data-nameprefix="AdvAd-PostInline"></div></div> <p>Loewenstein is survived by sons Dave and Tim Loewenstein, as well as three grandchildren.</p> <p>Those who want to honor his memory can attend a service October 19th at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Evanston. 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