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Chicago is a 1927 silent comedy-drama crime film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. Drawn from the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver), her fellow death-row inmate Velma (Julia Faye), and their spectacular involvement in the murder of their boyfriends.
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  • Dec 27, 1927

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  • 1 h 58 min

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Frank Urson

Frank Urson (1887, Chicago, Illinois - 17 August 1928, Indian Lake, Michigan) was an American silent film director and cinematographer. Originally a photographer he moved onto cinematography and film directing for the Thanhouser Company. He is also credited with acting in one film Her Gallant...

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  • DRAMATIC STORY OF A JAZZ CRAZED WIFE
  • She was a shallow vagabond, fascinating, yet venomous as a serpent, whose bite meant death. The greatest picture of the decade.
  • She betrayed her husband and slew her "angel," then laughed at the law---

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  • 1 h 58 min

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Chicago

Roxie Hart is a fictional character, a showgirl accused of murder. She first appeared in the 1926 play Chicago written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins. Watkins was inspired by the real-life unrelated 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner, which she covered for the Chicago Tribune...
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