Chicago (1927 film)

Chicago
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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]

Plot

The plot of the film is drawn from the 1926 play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver), and her spectacular murder of her boyfriend.

The silent film adds considerably to the material in Watkins' play, some additions based on the original murder, and some for Hollywood considerations. The murder, which occurs in a very brief vignette before the play begins, is fleshed out considerably. Also, Roxie's husband Amos Hart has a much more sympathetic and active role in the film than he does either in the play or in the subsequent musical. The original ending is altered to have Roxie punished for her crime.

Cast

Preservation and availability

Complete prints of Chicago are held by:

The film was long difficult to see, but in 2006 the UCLA Film and Television Archive restored a 35 mm print, which was screened at Kansas Silent Film Festival in 2007.[2] Flicker Alley released the film on DVD in 2010[5] and later on Blu-ray on October 6, 2020.[6]

Adaptations

The plot was adapted into a stage musical in 1975 with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb and received mixed reviews. A 1996 City Center Encores! production received critical acclaim and later transferred to Broadway, ultimately becoming the longest-running musical revival on Broadway.[7] The stage musical was made into a musical film in 2002, starring Renée Zellweger as Roxie, Catherine Zeta-Jones as fellow murderess Velma Kelly, Richard Gere as Billy Flynn, Queen Latifah as Mama Morton, and John C. Reilly as Amos. The film was also a hit and won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2003.

See also

References

  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. ^ a b "Chicago". afi.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Chicago". silentera.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Chicago". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "Silent Era Films on Home Video: Chicago". silentera.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "Chicago Blu-ray".
  7. ^ Leve, James. Kander and Ebb Kander and Ebb, Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN 0-300-11487-7, p. 6

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