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      Maurine Watkins

      In 1924, the murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner shocked the world, providing the real-life inspiration for Maurine Watkins's unforgettable characters, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. Now, a…

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      Merry Murderers: The Farcical (Re)Figuration of the Femme Fatale in Maurine Dallas Watkins’ Chicago (1927) and its Various Adaptations

      Zsofia Anna Toth

      This book explores the different trends and the various changes in the representational history of femmes fatales within twentieth century American culture.

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      They Both Reached for the Gun

      Charles H. Cosgrove

      Examines the case that inspired a pop culture phenomenon

      In 1924 Beulah Annan was arrested and incarcerated for killing her lover, Harry Kalsted. Six weeks later, a jury acquitted her…

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