Roxie Hart (also known as Chicago or Chicago Gal) is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou and George Montgomery. This film adapts the 1926 play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist who found inspiration in two real-life Chicago trials (Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner) she had covered for the press.
Storyline:
In 1927 Chicago, the body of a theatrical agent is found in the apartment of his client, would-be dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers), who lives with her husband, Amos. Convinced by two reporters that juries never convict pretty women and that she can garner fame by confessing, Roxie, who knows Amos is guilty, agrees. Amos hires snappy lawyer Billy Flynn (Adolphe Menjou) to stir publicity, and Roxie is a sensation. But when public interest flags, Roxie fears she might be convicted after all.
Credits
Ginger Rogers as Roxanne "Roxie" Hart
Adolphe Menjou as William "Billy" Flynn
George Montgomery as Homer Howard
Lynne Overman as Jake Callahan
Nigel Bruce as E. Clay Benham
Phil Silvers as Babe
Sara Allgood as Mrs. Morton
William Frawley as O'Malley
Spring Byington as Mary Sunshine
Ted North as Stuart Chapman
Helene Reynolds as Velma Wall
George Chandler as Amos Hart
Charles D. Brown as Charles E. Murdock
Morris Ankrum as Martin S. Harrison
George Lessey as Judge Cannon
Iris Adrian as 'Two-Gun' Gertie Baxter
Milton Parsons as Announcer
Frank Darien as Michael Finnegan (uncredited)
Soundtracks:
Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
Written by Fred Fisher
Played during the opening and closing credits
Also sung by an off-screen vocal group
Pretty Baby
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony Jackson
Played during the newspaper montage at the beginning
(Here Am I) Broken Hearted
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
Played on the player piano and sung by George Montgomery
Black Bottom
Music by Ray Henderson
Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
Played on the player piano and sung by George Montgomery
Also danced by Ginger Rogers, Ted North and others in the jail
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