The Girl from Chicago

The Girl from Chicago is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African-American cast to include lead actor 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 Hernández.[1]

For the 1927 silent film directed by Ray Enright, see The Girl from Chicago (1927 film).
The Girl from Chicago
Film poster
Directed byOscar Micheaux
Produced byOscar Micheaux
Written byOscar Micheaux
StarringGrace Smith
Eunice Brooks
Starr Calloway
Edwin Cary
Carl Mahon
CinematographySam Orleans
Edited byRichard Halpenny
Distributed byMicheaux Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • 1932 (1932)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

Preservation status
  • The film is preserved with a copy held in the Library of Congress collection.[2]

DVD release

On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[3]

References
  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Girl from Chicago
  2. 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.
  3. The Girl From Chicago DVD info, oldies.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
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