This collection contains articles pertaining to the filming of the movie The Road to Perdition. Some filming took place in downtown West Dundee in 2001. The content in this collection ranges from 2001 to 2002.
- “Hollywood Hits West Dundee: Crowds Turn Out to Watch The Road to Perdition Filming”, Courier News, circa 2001 (exact date unknown)
- “Lights, Camera… Stay Back: Glimpses of Hanks May Be Few as Filming Begins Monday”, Courier News, March 13, 2001
- “W. Dundee Goes Hollywood: Movie Starring Tom Hanks Begins Filming Downtown”, Daily Herald, March 13, 2001
- “Crowd Fills W. Dundee to See Hanks at Work”, Daily Herald, March 14, 2001
- “Hanks Fans in Heaven With ‘Perdition’ Filming”, Courier News, March 14, 2001
- “Author Knows Book, Film Don’t Always Match”, Daily Herald, March 15, 2001
- “Dundee’s Glory or Perdition? The Week We Had Our Brush With Hollywood”, Courier News, March 16, 2001
- “A Look Behind the Scenes: Director Mendes and Crew”, Daily Herald, March 17, 2001
- “Preparations Under Way for New Film Crew”, Courier News, April 20, 2001
- “Perdition Extras Share Anecdotes”, Daily Herald, July 10, 2002
- “Painting the Town: Carpentersville Artist Finds Local Scenery His Favorite Subject”, July 11, 2002
- “Perdition May Give Suburban Teen Her Big Break”, Daily Herald, July 11, 2002
- “Perdition Has Happy Ending for W. Dundee”, Daily Herald, July 12, 2002
- “Locals Hit the Road for Perdition”, Courier News, July 14, 2002
- “A Look at the Faces and Places of 1930s-era Geneva”, Courier News, July 15, 2002