THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO (1932) Carl Mahon, Starr Calloway & Alice B. Russell | Crime, Drama | B&W

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.

SYNOPSIS
An undercover government agent on a case in Mississipi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss. He rescues the girl, and they leave Mississippi and head to Harlem, but their troubles follow them: they become involved in the murder of a local crime boss there.

CAST & CREW
Grace Smith as Liza Hatfield
Carl Mahon as Alonzo White
Eunice Brooks as Mary Austin
Starr Calloway as Norma Shepard
Edwin Cary as A numbers collector
Juano Hernandez as Gomez

Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Written by Oscar Micheaux
Produced by Oscar Micheaux
Cinematography Sam Orleans
Edited by Richard Halpenny
Distributed by Micheaux Pictures Corporation
Release date 1932
Running time 70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
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.

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

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