Girl from Chicago (The)

  • Girl from Chicago (The)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1932
Format : Feature
Running time : 69 (in minutes)

A young secret service agent falls in love with a schoolteacher in a small Mississippi town. Later in New York, he has to save her friend from the numbers racket and is accused of murder.

Micheaux produced an earlier, silent version of this crime melodrama in 1926 under the title The spider's web.
The film is controversial because Micheaux was accused of selecting his stars on the basis of their "high yellow" skin color.

Director: Oscar Micheaux
Writer: Oscar Micheaux
Producer: Oscar Micheaux

Actors: Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Eunice Brooks, Starr Calloway, Edwin Cary

VHS-Video format (69 min); Originally released as a motion picture in 1932. Produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux.

Location: Duke University (USA)
Lilly A-V Video cassette - CALL NUMBER: 3718

Format: Black & White, NTSC
Language: English

Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Facets

VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
Run Time: 69 minutes

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