Chicago | |
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Directed by | Frank Urson Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited) |
Screenplay by | Lenore J. Coffee |
Based on | Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Starring | |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $303,306[1] |
Box office | $483,165[1] |
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]