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The Girl from Chicago
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Wikipedia article
'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. The story concerns a federal agent who falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape a local thug, and the film follows them to Harlem where they become involved in the assassination of a Cuban racketeer, played by Juano Hernndez.[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']
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 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.
Cast
*Grace Smith
*Carl Mahon
*Eunice Brooks
*Starr Calloway
*Edwin Cary
*Dorothy Van Engle
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.
DVD release
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.
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