Movie #755 ........................."Roxie Hart"

Movie #755 "Roxie Hart" is the film based on the play, way back in the 1940s, and of course the play and film "Chicago" is the same story, just with music. This didn't seem to be as good as the remakes, maybe because by now the story is stale to me, and "Chicago" is so much funnier. However, I must say, again I'm impressed with Ginger Rogers, who plays Roxie here. She does a little tap thing on metal stairs, that was a cute bit --- I heard from the TCM guy after the film, that Gwen Verdon wanted those metal steps in the play, but that wish never came true. And oh boy, the courtroom scene misses that one song where she sits on her lawyer's lap while he tells her what to say. It was fun seeing all these character actors like Spring Byington, Phil Silvers, and Bill Frawley (from I Love Lucy fame) Roxie Hart 1942 NR 75 minutes I'd give this 3 stars out of 5 Ambition trumps murder in this satire based on the play "Chicago." Ginger Rogers stars as feisty Roxie Hart, who's so thirsty for notoriety she doesn't care that she's accused of a heinous crime. Tabloid reporters fall at her feet for every bit of seamy gossip, which Roxie happily supplies to remain in the limelight. Even her lawyer (Adolphe Menjou) sees her case as a shortcut to fame, but things turn grim when it seems Roxie may be convicted. Cast:Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, Sara Allgood, William Frawley, Spring Byington, Ted North Genre:Classic Comedies, Classics