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7.3/10   66 votes
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Director:
Frank Urson
Writers:
Maurine Dallas Watkins (play)
Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 December 1927 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
DRAMATIC STORY OF A JAZZ CRAZED WIFE (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills... more | add synopsis
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A gala screening at the Motion Picture Academy (8/16/06) more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Phyllis Haver ... Roxie Hart
Victor Varconi ... Amos Hart
Eugene Pallette ... Rodney Casley
Virginia Bradford ... Katie
Clarence Burton ... Police sergeant
Warner Richmond ... Asst. District Attorney
T. Roy Barnes ... Reporter
Sidney D'Albrook ... Photographer
Otto Lederer ... Amos' partner
May Robson ... Mrs. Morton - Matron
Julia Faye ... Velma
Robert Edeson ... William Flynn
Viola Louie ... Two Gun Rosie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sidney Bracey ... Bill collector
Robert Brower ... Juror
Robert Dudley ... Insurance agent
Jim Farley ... Detective
George Kuwa ... Flynn's servant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival to a sellout house of 1400 at the Castro Theatre on Saturday December 2, 2006. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Chicago (2002) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
A gala screening at the Motion Picture Academy (8/16/06), 17 August 2006
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Author: tybalt-2 (robcraw@hotmail.com) from United States

Last night the Sam Goldwyn theatre at the Academy in Los Angeles was filled to capacity for the screening of this 1927 silent movie. The print was a restoration, by UCLA, of the original nitrate copy from the DeMille family's archives. It was a full length version, with a 10 min. intermission. Johnny Crawford's orchestra provided a live musical accompaniment, based on original scoring notes. A standing ovation at the end proves that a really well performed silent movie can stand the test of time. Phyllis Haver had a range of expressions from A to Z - fantastic - and the courtroom scene, played for comedy, was truly a highlight. If a DVD is made, as has been suggested, you're in for a treat.

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