Chicago

Synopsis

Like the musical Chicago that won the Best Picture Academy Award and five other Oscars in 2002, this original 1927 version descends from a 1926 hit Broadway play by Maurine Watkins. The film is an entertaining mix of humour and melodrama as well as a pungent critique of trash journalism. Frank Urson signed Chicago as director, although it is substantially the work of Cecil B. DeMille and his A-list technical staff. The 1927 CHICAGO was long believed a lost film, but a print survived in Cecil B. DeMille’s private collection. In 2006 the UCLA Film and Television Archive restored it. This edition is issued with a score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
DVD Features:
DVD 1
-Chicago 1927, 119’
-Chapter selection
-Production stills and promotion material
-Orginal newspaper articles as ROM features
-Chicago: The Real-Life Roxie Hart 2010, 8’

DVD 2
-The Golden Twenties 1950, 64’
-Chapter selection
-The Flapper Story 1985, 29’
-Chapter selection
-16 page booklet with essays by Thomas H. Pauly, Robert S. Birchard and Rodney Sauer

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of production

1927

Credits

Director

Frank Urson

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 PAL

Price

35.95 Euros

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

212 minutes

Year

2018

Distributor

Name

Flicker Alley

Email

info@flickeralley.com

Web

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