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Cecil B.DeMille's Risqué CHICAGO on DVD: Phyllis Haver Shines as Roxie Hart

Andre Soares on May 19, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Chicago, the restored 1927 silent (unofficially) directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring perky Phyllis Haver (right, with Victor Varconi) as Roxie Hart, is being released on DVD by Flicker Alley, in collaboration with The Blackhawk Films Collection. The 2002 Chicago remake, based on Bob Fosse's musical which itself was taken from Maurine Watkins' stage play, starred Renee Zellweger (as Roxie), Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard [...]

More information about: Blackhawk Films, Cecil B. DeMille, Chicago, classic movies, David Shepard, Eugene Pallette, Flicker Alley, Jeffery Masino, John W. Krafft, Lauren Lazin, Lenore J. Coffee, Phyllis Haver, Roxie Hart, Silas Lesnick, silent films, The Flapper Story, Victor Varconi

Best Films – 1936

Andre Soares on April 3, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Sacha Guitry in The Story of a Cheat FILM Follow the Fleet d: Mark Sandrich; scr: Dwight Taylor Fury d: Fritz Lang; scr: Bartlett Cormack, Fritz Lang Libeled Lady d: Jack Conway; scr: Maurine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin My Man Godfrey d: Gregory La Cava; scr: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch Le Roman [...]

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