A Smile, Velvet Gloves and a Dagger in My Pocket: The Velvet
Swing (1930)
Swing Time
Symphony in Blue (1931)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: With the St. Louis Browns
Talking Film (1936)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Top Hat
The Thin Man
Three Little Words (1950)
Three Pins in a Three-Point Pattern (1924)
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
A Weekend in the Country (2001)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Films made in Kansas City
The Black Stallion (1979)
Cape Fear (1962)
Kansas City, U.S.A. (1996)
Legally Blonde (2001)
Maverick (1994)
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
The Running Man (1987)
Soapdish (1991)
The Sting (1973)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Films set in Kansas City
Déjà Vu (2006)
El Diablo (2004)
The Great Santini (1979)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Hunting Party (2004)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Mortal Kombat (1995)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Tombstone (1993)
Tombstone: The Town that Died Twice (2008)
Wild Bill (1995)
Yank! (1997)
Kansas City's notable residents
See also: Notable people from Kansas City
Ben Affleck, actor and director
Kansas City barbecue was featured in "Eat More Barbecue" by Ben Affleck. It is also mentioned in "The Accountant."
Notable residents
Ben Affleck
Bill Bolick
Suzanne Cahn
Chris Cagle
Dee Dee Myers
Garrison Keillor
Kristen Wiig
Notable non-resident residents
Geraldo Rivera, journalist and talk show host
William Andrews Clark, Sr., industrialist and philanthropist
George W. Merck, philanthropist and industrialist
Charles Walbridge, industrialist and philanthropist
Frank A. Seiberling, industrialist and philanthropist
Kansas City sports
See also: Sports teams in Kansas City, Missouri
Baseball: Kansas City Royals (affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers) (1955-present)
Basketball: Topeka Sizzlers (1948-2001)
Ice hockey: Kansas City Mavericks (1974–82) (merged with Cleveland Barons)
Ice hockey: Kansas City Scouts (major junior team) (1974-1995)
Soccer: Sporting Kansas City (2005-)
Notable Kansas City sports teams
Sporting Kansas City
The Kansas City Chiefs (1961-present)
The Kansas City Chiefs, also known as the Chiefs, are a professional American football team in the National Football League. They play their home games in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area. Since the team's first season in 1960, they have played in Kansas City Municipal Stadium, now renamed Arrowhead Stadium. They also share the facility with the National World War II Museum. They were named the best in Professional Sports by Sports Illustrated in 2015 and 2016.
Kansas City Zoo
This zoo, located just west of Kansas City International Airport, is the oldest zoo in the United States. It has over 2000 animals in 22 different areas. It's located in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza Shopping Complex.
Fight club
The Kansas City Fight Club is a non-profit organisation created to give homeless people a way to earn an income and help each other. The Kansas City City Council designated the KCFC a 501(c)3 organization and named it as the first official charitable project. The KCFC is a project of the Salvation Army's Topeka based Homelessness Center.
Stadiums
Adler Stadium, built in 1913
Blue Arrowhead Stadium, built in 1921, rebuilt in 1973
Crown Center Kansas City (also known as Sprint Center), built in 2003
Dusty's Diamond (also known as Kiel Stadium), built in 1927
Empire-Duane Stadium, built in 1916
CommunityAmerica Ballpark, built in 2004
Commodore Perry Stadium, built in 1883
Ellis Field, built in 1888
ExpoPark Stadium (now Arrowhead Stadium), built in 1926
Golden Stadium (also known as Hearnes Center), built in 1923
Horace E. Knowlton Field (also known as Arrowhead Stadium), built in 1940
Memorial Stadium, built in 1915
Mid-America Sportatorium, built in 1954
Municipal Stadium (also known as Arrowhead Stadium), built in 1952
Nelson Stadium, built in 1941
New Municipal Stadium (also known as Arrowhead Stadium), built in 1937
Power & Light (also known as Arrowhead Stadium), built in 1954
Ray Miron Baseball Complex, built in 2007
Swope Park (also known as Arrowhead Stadium), built in 1911
Truckers Stadium, built in 1950
U.S. Cellular Center, built in 2004
Tower Grove Park, built in 1896
Notable events
Arrow Bowl (1947)
Festivals
The Strawberry Festival (April)
The Blueberry Festival (July)
Inagural Festival of the Arts (Fringe) (August)
The Art Festival at Kauffman Center for Performing Arts
Kansas City Jazzfest (June)
Country Thunder (June)
The American Royal World Series of Barbecue (August)
The American Royal National Championship Air Rifle (August)
Worlds Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (August)
Worlds Championship of Country Music (October)
The Kansas City Maple Leaf Festival (April)
Horse Show (April)
Worlds Championship of Curling (November)
The National Mustard Festival (May)
The Kansas City Caribbean Carnival (August)
Oktoberfest Kansas City
The Worlds Rodeo Finals
The World Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (September)
The American Royal World Series of Barbecue (September)
The World Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (September)
The World Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (October)
Missouri State Fair (September)
Cotton Bowl Classic (September)
The Kansas City Renaissance Faire (May)
The Kansas City Royal Barbecue (June)
The Kansas City Royal Barbecue (July)
The Strawberry Festival (June)
The National Mustard Festival (June)
The Worlds Championship of Curling (October)
World's Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (October)
World's Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (November)
Kansas City Pride Parade
World Championship Bar-B-Q Contest (November)
Wizard World (May)
Brewfest (May)
Barton Community Days (September)
Kansas City Stockyards
The Kansas City Star Pavilion
The Rouse Company World Headquarters
Kansas City Chiefs Charities
The Kansas City Royals Charities
Topeka Stampede
The Bike Expo at Kauffman Center for Performing Arts
The Kansas City Guitar Fest at Kauffman Center for Performing Arts
See also: Kansas City architecture
Architecture and construction
Barney Allis Plaza, historic shopping center (1940)
Bill Bernau, architect (1931–36) and partner in the firm Kivett & Myers (1936–55) with Louis A. Kahn. Architectural historian: AIA Gold Medal, 1970.
Carter H. Lambe, architect (1920s)
Frederick Loescher, architect (1913–17)
Kaufman & Broad, architectural firm (1923–56)
The Kansas City Star Building (1931–38)
Kauffman Construction Company
The Loescher Building, also known as the Kansas City Federal Reserve (1928–40)
Postle Hall, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Built in 1941, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Willard "Chick" Johnson House (1926–36), a Frank Lloyd Wright building. Site of first Wright-designed home, built for William and Edna Willard Johnson and their daughter Margaret. Served as a prototype for Fallingwater. The home is now open as a museum and has a visitor center located across from the home. It is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's three Wright-designed structures in
