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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
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

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