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23 December 1927 (USA)
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DRAMATIC STORY OF A JAZZ CRAZED WIFE (original print ad - all caps) more
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Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills...
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excellent version of the famous story of Roxie Hart
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(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 | |
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| Sidney Bracey | ... | Bill collector | |
| Robert Brower | ... | Juror | |
| Robert Dudley | ... | Insurance agent | |
| Jim Farley | ... | Detective | |
| George Kuwa | ... | Flynn's servant | |
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Presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival to a sellout house of 1400 at the Castro Theatre on Saturday December 2, 2006.
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Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
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I really liked this film, viewed from the UCLA print. Phyllis Haver, now all but forgotten, shines as Roxie Hart, a good time girl who despises her husband and seeks sugar daddies for fun. As soon as you see her pretending to sleep, having discarded her garter with bells attached, you know she's trouble.
So Roxie kills, and goes to jail, and because she's blonde and pretty, she's taken up by the media in this wild world of flappers and jazz. Those familiar with the musical film with Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will be wondering 'where's Velma?' but that character isn't in the forefront at all. This film is all about Roxie, and, more than the musical version, to some extent about her cuckolded husband Amos. Here we see his point of view on several occasions, and even follow him in scenes where Roxie doesn't appear. Victor Varconi puts in a lovely performance as Amos in this film.
Haver might dominate the proceedings, and lights up what is already a fast-moving and effective bit of jazz fluff, but there's a good, if brief performance from Eugene Palette as well. As Casely he is very watchable indeed.
As this was a late silent, the acting styles are mainly naturalistic, and the fact that it does not have sound, only titles, doesn't matter a bit when it comes to following the story. Miss Haver acts her heart out anyway and you can feel her contempt, her fear, her desperation, just as you would if you could hear it.
A superior film, and one which occasionally makes it out for public showings. A great pity it isn't on DVD as it is extremely enjoyable and deserves a wider potential audience.