Chicago 1927
Directed by Frank Urson | Starring: Eugene Pallette, May Robson, Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.