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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