Roxie Hart
film by Wellman [1942]
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The film Roxie Hart was directed by William Wellman in 1942. This film is a comedy that tells the story of Roxie Hart, a woman who murders her lover and, with the help of her lawyer, becomes a media sensation. The film was later adapted into the Broadway musical Chicago, which was then made into a successful film in 2002. The 1942 film Roxie Hart is based on a 1926 play by Maurine Watkins, inspired by real-life Chicago murder cases from 1924.12
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