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Chicago (1927) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1927 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Frank Urson

Written By:
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Lenore J. Coffee

Actors:
Phyllis Haver ..... Roxie Hart
Victor Varconi ..... Amos Hart
Virginia Bradford ..... Katie
Robert Edeson ..... William Flynn
Eugene Pallette ..... Rodney Casley
Warner Richmond ..... Asst. District Attorney
T. Roy Barnes ..... Reporter
Clarence Burton ..... Police sergeant
Julia Faye ..... Velma
May Robson ..... Mrs. Morton - Matron
Viola Louie ..... Two Gun Rosie

Synopsis:

Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her, and how she finagles her way out being convicted. Remade once as a movie, and as a Broadway musical.

Like the musical Chicago that won the Best Picture Academy Award and five other Oscars in 2002, this original 1927 version descends from a 1926 hit Broadway play by Maurine Watkins. It's a terrifically entertaining mix of humor and melodrama as well as a pungent critique of trash journalism. Frank Urson signed Chicago as director, although it is substantially the work of Cecil B. DeMille and his A-list technical staff.

Chicago is silent filmmaking at its peak, with an outstanding score for this edition by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. The 1927 Chicago was long believed a lost film, but a perfect print survived in Cecil B. DeMille's private collection.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 28 June, 2020.