Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
1096-6919. Website. chicagoreader.com. The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. The Reader has been recognized as a pioneer among alternative weeklies for both its creative ...
Häxan is a Swedish film produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri, but shot in Denmark in 1920–1921. [4] With Christensen's meticulous recreation of medieval scenes and its lengthy production period, the film was the most expensive Scandinavian silent film ever made at the time, costing nearly two million Swedish kronor. [3]
The full film. Chicago is a 1927 American silent crime comedy-drama film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson.The first film adaptation of Maurine Dallas Watkins' play of the same name, the film stars Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart, a fame-obsessed housewife who kills her lover in cold blood and, after trying to coerce her husband into taking the blame, is put on trial for murder.
Within Our Gates is a 1920 American silent race drama film produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century, the years of Jim Crow, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Migration of blacks to cities of the North and Midwest, and ...
Title Director Featured Cast Genre Note 813: Charles Christie, Scott Sidney: Wedgwood Nowell, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Beery, Laura La Plante: Mystery: FBO: The Adorable Savage: Norman Dawn
Roxie Hart, a 1942 film starring Ginger Rogers as Roxie. This adaptation is notable for her husband Amos being the real murderer, but Roxie going along with it as a boost to her career; Chicago, the original 1975 Broadway stage musical, featuring Gwen Verdon, [3] and its 1996 revival, which starred Ann Reinking
Chicago film industry. The Chicago film industry is a central hub for motion picture production and exhibition that was established before Hollywood became the undisputed capital of film making. In the early 1900s, Chicago boasted the greatest number of production companies and filmmakers. [1]
Chicago. (2002 film) Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy film based on the 1975 stage musical which in turn originated in the 1926 play. It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. [4] The film stars an ensemble cast led by Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere.