CHICAGO

Running time: 113 mins

Comedy, Crime, Musical

Director: Frank Urson Starring: Phyllis Haver, Julia Faye, Victor Varconi. Based on the 1926 Broadway play by Maurine Watkins, this first film adaptation is a terrifically entertaining mix of humour, sex, death and melodrama. Sexy, jazz-loving and dressed to kill, Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver) has a doting, handsome husband in Victor Varconi; not to mention a gold-digging affair on the side with Eugene Pallette, who pays and pays, eventually with his life. Put on trial for murder, Roxie secures lawyer Billy Flynn (Robert Edeson), equal part mob mouthpiece and publicity agent. When Roxie hits the headlines, the courtroom theatrics begin. With the city of Chicago classed as one of the most dangerous and yet exciting cities to live in 1920s America; Frank Urson's 1927 masterpiece is a real thrill ride film not to be missed!