Roxie Hart

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American film comedy-drama film film

Roxie Hart is a 1942 American comedy-drama film starring Ginger Rogers as a showgirl who becomes entangled in a sensational murder trial.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Roxie Hart in Chicago	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
adaptationOf	Chicago (1926 play) ⓘ
basedOn	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago
basedOnAuthor	Maurine Dallas Watkins ⓘ
basedOnWorkType	play ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
characterNameOfLead	Roxie Hart self-link ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Leon Shamroy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	William A. Wellman NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
editedBy	James B. Clark ⓘ
era	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
followedBy	Chicago (2002 film) ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama ⓘ legal drama ⓘ
hasFilmRating	Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ
leadCharacterOccupation	showgirl ⓘ
medium	theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy	David Buttolph ⓘ
narrativeFocus	media sensationalism of crime ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotKeyword	murder trial ⓘ sensationalism ⓘ tabloid journalism ⓘ
precededBy	Chicago (1927 film) ⓘ
producer	Nunnally Johnson ⓘ
productionCompany	20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate	1942-03-20 ⓘ
releaseYear	1942 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	75 ⓘ
screenwriter	Nunnally Johnson ⓘ
setInLocation	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago
starredActor	Adolphe Menjou ⓘ George Montgomery ⓘ Ginger Rogers ⓘ Lynne Overman ⓘ Nigel Bruce ⓘ William Frawley ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	1920s ⓘ
title	Roxie Hart self-link ⓘ

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