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. The story concerns a federal agent who falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape a local thug, and the film follows them to Harlem where they become involved in the assassination of a Cuban racketeer, played by Juano Hernández.[1]

The Girl from Chicago
Film poster
Directed by	Oscar Micheaux
Written by	Oscar Micheaux
Produced by	Oscar Micheaux
Starring	Grace Smith Carl Mahon Eunice Brooks Starr Calloway Edwin Cary
Cinematography	Sam Orleans
Edited by	Richard Halpenny
Distributed by	Micheaux Pictures Corporation
Release date	1932 (1932)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent production featuring a largely non-professional cast, is known as one of the better-quality Micheaux productions. As is common in Micheaux's films, the story line is padded with several musical numbers, offering a glimpse of African-American musical and dancing talent of the time.

Cast

• Grace Smith
• Carl Mahon
• Eunice Brooks
• Starr Calloway
• Edwin Cary
• Dorothy Van Engle

Preservation status

• The film is preserved with a copy held in the Library of Congress collection.[2]

DVD release

On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[3]

References

External links

• The Girl from Chicago at AllMovie
• The Girl from Chicago at IMDb
• The Girl from Chicago available for free download from Internet Archive

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