Review
Its a wonder Ginger didnt get an Oscar nom out of this. Her Roxie is a creation above and beyond all else in her career a brilliant characterization of a dumb yet savvy amoral narcissist in this clever satire on judicial corruption Chicago circa 1927. Menjou is a bit too old for Billy Flynn but plays him well wouldnt John Barrymore have been perfect. George Chandler plays fallguy husband Amos to perfection. Wellmans direction is fastpaced and snappy. It breezes by in one and a quarter hours. A lot of fun. Originally a play CHICAGO and filmed as a silent in 1927. Subsequently the source for Fosse Kander and Ebbs brilliant 1975 musical vaudeville of the same name.