The Girl from Chicago
1932 film
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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. This film is a remake of the now-lost 1926 Oscar Michaeux silent film The Spider’s Web.
Carl Mahon
Eunice Brooks
Starr Calloway
Edwin Cary
| The Girl from Chicago | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Written by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Produced by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Starring | Grace Smith Carl Mahon Eunice Brooks Starr Calloway Edwin Cary |
| Cinematography | Sam Orleans |
| Edited by | Richard Halpenny |
| Distributed by | Micheaux Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent production featured a largely non-professional cast. As it is common in Micheaux's films, the story line is punctuated 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
- Carl Mahon - Alonzo White
- Grace Smith - Liza Hatfield
- Juano Hernández - Gomez
- Eunice Brooks - Mary Austin
- Starr Calloway - Norma Shepard (as Star Calloway)
- Alice B. Russell - Miss Warren
- Minto Cato - Mary's sister
- John Everett - Jeff Ballinger
- Frank H. Wilson - Wade Washington
- Edwin Cary - A numbers collector
- Cherokee Thornton - A "Snitch"
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]
