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Chicago 50 - No. 11 - The Silent Film (1927)
Phillys Haver as Roxie. Photo by John Springer The Los Angeles Times loved it Maurine Watkins' play Chicago, which played on tour at Hollywood's Music Box Theatre for 11 weeks. Its drama critic said: 'Bristling with wicked satire ... the public is treated to a caricature of itself as a nation of gum-chewing, sensation-seeking addicts who must incessantly be fed faked pictures and hysterical interviews.' Cecil B. DeMille paid $25,000 for the rights to Chicago and produced the

Lauryn Johnson
Nov 7
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