The Girl from Chicago
- 1932 (1932)
The Girl from Chicago is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African-American cast including lead actors Grace Smith and Carl Mahon.
Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent production featuring a largely non-professional cast, is known as one of the better-quality Micheaux productions. As it is common in Micheaux's films, the story line is padded with several musical numbers, offering a glimpse of African-American musical and dancing talent of the time.
Plot
A federal agent falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape a local thug, and follows them to Harlem where they become involved in the assassination of a Cuban racketeer.[1]
Cast
- Grace Smith
- Carl Mahon
- Eunice Brooks
- Starr Calloway
- Edwin Cary
- Dorothy Van Engle
- Alice B. Russell
Preservation status
- The film is preserved with a copy held in the Library of Congress collection.[2]
Home media
On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[3]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Girl from Chicago
- ^ Catalog of Holding The American Film Institute collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p. 68, c.1978 by The American Film Institute.
- ^ The Girl From Chicago DVD info, oldies.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
External links
- The Girl from Chicago at AllMovie
- The Girl from Chicago at IMDb
- The Girl from Chicago available for free download from Internet Archive
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