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.

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 it 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.

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

 * Grace Smith
 * Carl Mahon
 * Eunice Brooks
 * Starr Calloway
 * Edwin Cary
 * Dorothy Van Engle
 * Alice B. Russell

Preservation status

 * The film is preserved with a copy held in the Library of Congress collection.

Home media
On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.