The Girl from Chicago
{{short description|1932 film}}
{{For|the 1927 silent film directed by Ray Enright|The Girl from Chicago (1927 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Girl from Chicago
| image = The Girl from Chicago Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Oscar Micheaux
| producer = Oscar Micheaux
| writer = Oscar Micheaux
| starring = Grace Smith
Carl Mahon
Eunice Brooks
Starr Calloway
Edwin Cary
| cinematography = Sam Orleans
| editing = Richard Halpenny
| distributor = Micheaux Pictures Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1932}}
| country = United States
| runtime = 70 minutes
| language = English
}}
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.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/2245?sid=d38a4b9c-4002-43e3-afe2-e9d4e2f50922&sr=3.1248815&cp=1&pos=0 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Girl from Chicago]
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.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.
Home media
On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5813D.html The Girl From Chicago DVD info], oldies.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0022941|title=The Girl from Chicago}}
- [https://archive.org/details/TheGirlFromChicago1932 The Girl from Chicago] available for free download from [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive]
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Category:African-American films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1932 crime drama films
Category:Films directed by Oscar Micheaux
Category:American crime drama films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language crime drama films
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