The Girl from Chicago
The Girl from Chicago is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African-American cast including lead actors Grace Smith and Carl Mahon. This film is a remake of the now-lost 1926 Oscar Michaeux silent film The Spider’s Web.
Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent production featured a largely non-professional cast. As it is common in Micheaux's films, the story line is punctuated with several musical numbers, offering a glimpse of African-American musical and dancing talent of the time.
Plot
A federal agent falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape a local thug, and follows them to Harlem where they become involved in the assassination of a Cuban racketeer.Cast
- Carl Mahon - Alonzo White
- Grace Smith - Liza Hatfield
- Juano Hernández - Gomez
- Eunice Brooks - Mary Austin
- Starr Calloway - Norma Shepard
- Alice B. Russell - Miss Warren
- Minto Cato - Mary's sister
- John Everett - Jeff Ballinger
- Frank H. Wilson - Wade Washington
- Edwin Cary - A numbers collector
- Cherokee Thornton - A "Snitch"
Preservation status
- The film is preserved with a copy held in the Library of Congress collection.