Chicago
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Chicago is a 1927 American silent crime-comedy film that satirically portrays the scandalous rise to fame of a woman accused of murder, adapted from Maurine Dallas Watkins' play of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago canonical | 13 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy film ⓘ crime film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Chicago (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Maurine Dallas Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Chicago (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
crime ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasMedium | cinema ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isA | 1920s American film ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
celebrity culture
ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A woman accused of murder attains scandalous fame amid media sensationalism. ⓘ |
| portrays | rise to fame of a female murder suspect ⓘ |
| productionEra | silent era ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| screenplayBasedOnWorkBy | Maurine Dallas Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | narrative feature film ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gwen Verdon