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Mitzi Bootzin, a long-time movie aficionado, was the go-to movie reviewer for the Chicago suburbs from 1973 to 1977. Her short and witty reviews were published in 32 local newspapers by Pioneer Press, then a Time, Inc. subsidiary, now owned by the Chicago Tribune. Enjoy this compilation of her work and a trip back in time to the 1970's.

Mitzi Bootzin, was born Maris Pittelman on May 26, 1941 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Frema and Harry Pittelman. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and married Dr Richard Bootzin while there. They had two children, Deborah Daniels and Lainey Melnick. Mitzi began work in the newspaper field as a proofreader in Lafayette, Indiana and moved up through the ranks attaining the position of Editor for Pioneer Press, a subsidiary of Time, Inc. She was known throughout the Chicago suburbs in the 1970’s for her movie reviews. In 1986, she retired to Tucson, Arizona, and made her final move to Austin, Texas in 2015 so she could live close to family while battling a rare, neuro-endocrine carcinoma. Mitzi now has 6 grandchildren and her 3rd great grandson is on the way.