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THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO
U.S., 1932
Written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Starring Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Eunice Brooks, Starr Calloway, Alice B. Russell, Juano Hernandez
Cinematography by Sam Orleans
Approx. 70 min. DCP.
A remake of Micheaux’s now-lost 1926 silent film THE SPIDER’S WEB, THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO explores the cultural rift between the urban and the rural, set in both Harlem and Batesburg, Mississippi. As had become his forte, Micheaux punctuates the dramatic scenes with musical numbers, set both in domestic parlors and the lively The Radium Club.