Chicago (1927 film)

Chicago
Lobby card
Directed byFrank Urson
Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Screenplay byLenore J. Coffee
Based onChicago
by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Starring
CinematographyJ. Peverell Marley
Edited byAnne Bauchens
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • December 27, 1927 (1927-12-27)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$303,306[1]
Box office$483,165[1]
The full film

Chicago is a 1927 American silent crime comedy-drama film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. The first film adaptation of Maurine Dallas Watkins' play of the same name, the film stars Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart, a fame-obsessed housewife who kills her lover in cold blood and, after trying to coerce her husband into taking the blame, is put on trial for murder.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Birchard, Robert S. (2009). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. Appendix A. ISBN 978-0-8131-2324-0.
  2. ^ "Chicago". afi.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Chicago". silentera.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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