Chicago (1927 movie)
The movie
Chicago was produced by
Cecil B. DeMille in
1927 and directed by Frank Urson. It was drawn from a play by
Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true crime story of
Beulah Annan, fictionalized as "Roxie Hart" (played by Phyllis Haver), her fellow death-row inmate
Belva Gaertner, and their spectacular involvement in the murder of their boyfriends.
The Watkins play was again filmed in 1942 as Roxie Hart, starring Ginger Rogers (in the title role), and Adolphe Menjou as Billy Flynn. Notable minor players were Nigel Bruce and Phil Silvers: the movie was directed by William A. Wellman.
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