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San
Francisco
Release date 26th June 1936
Country : USA
Running time : 115 mins
Genre : Drama
Starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy
Screenplay by Richard E. Hopkins
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Picture
Mark Blake is hired by Blackie Norton for his Paradise club, eventually she leaves him to work at the Tivoli Opera House and soon becomes a star. Meanwhile Blackie's place is closed down but Mary returns to represent the club in the annual Chicken Ball. Soon San Francisco is hit by a devastating earthquake.
A great example of a big prestige studio picture of the Thirties this film really has everything : romance, comedy, music and great special effects depicting the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Gable plays his usual lovable scoundrel, Tracy is the priest not for the last time and MacDonald the love interest.
Release date 26th June 1936
Country : USA
Running time : 115 mins
Genre : Drama
Starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy
Screenplay by Richard E. Hopkins
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Picture
Mark Blake is hired by Blackie Norton for his Paradise club, eventually she leaves him to work at the Tivoli Opera House and soon becomes a star. Meanwhile Blackie's place is closed down but Mary returns to represent the club in the annual Chicken Ball. Soon San Francisco is hit by a devastating earthquake.
A great example of a big prestige studio picture of the Thirties this film really has everything : romance, comedy, music and great special effects depicting the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Gable plays his usual lovable scoundrel, Tracy is the priest not for the last time and MacDonald the love interest.
Gable and Tracy would co-star again in Test Pliot (1938) and Boom Town (1940).
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