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26 June 1936 (USA)
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She Fell In Love . . . with the toughest guy on the toughest street in the world ! more
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A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally in 1906 San Francisco. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
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5 nominations
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The Barbary Coast, the priest, the singer and Blackie.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Clark Gable | ... | Blackie Norton |
 | Jeanette MacDonald | ... | Mary Blake |
 | Spencer Tracy | ... | Father Mullin |
 | Jack Holt | ... | Jack Burley |
| Jessie Ralph | ... | Mrs. Burley |
| Ted Healy | ... | Mat |
| Shirley Ross | ... | Trixie |
| Margaret Irving | ... | Della Bailey |
| Harold Huber | ... | 'Babe' |
| Edgar Kennedy | ... | Sheriff |
| Al Shean | ... | Professor |
| William Ricciardi | ... | Signor Baldini |
| Kenneth Harlan | ... | 'Chick' |
| Roger Imhof | ... | 'Alaska' |
| Charles Judels | ... | Tony (as Charles Judells) |
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115 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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The comment that Spencer Tracy makes about the "Rooney kid" is an ad-lib (watch Jeanette MacDonald's expression reacting to it). Tracy had worked with Mickey Rooney earlier that year in Riffraff (1936) and knew that director W.S. Van Dyke abhorred retakes, priding himself on bringing in productions fast and under budget - hence his nickname, "One-Take Woody".
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Revealing mistakes: As Blackie walks away from a building being blown up (actually a process shot), Clark Gable's head becomes momentarily transparent.
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Quotes:
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Blackie Norton: Well sister, what's your racket?
Mary Blake: I'm a singer!
Blackie Norton: Let's see your legs!
Mary Blake: I said, I'm a singer!
Blackie Norton: Alright, let's see your legs!
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Blackie Norton: Well sister, what's your racket?
Mary Blake: I'm a singer!
Blackie Norton: Let's see your legs!
Mary Blake: I said, I'm a singer!
Blackie Norton: Alright, let's see your legs!
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Referenced in "Columbo: The Conspirators (#7.5)" (1978)
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Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!
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San Francisco hundred years ago must have been an attractive place to be before the earthquake. The director W.S. Van Dyke made other disaster-movies for Hollywood but this must be his best. The special quality of this movie is that the effects of the earthquake are secondary to the story-telling of Robert E. Hopkins and the script by Anita Loos. Everybody is moved by the quarrel opposing Father Tim Mullin (Spencer Tracy) and Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) for the singer of the opera Mary Blake (a magnificent Jeanette MacDonald). Jack Burley (Jack Holt) is impressive as he ought to be. The nightclub "Paradise" is realistic as it was at that time without exaggerating. This is a movie about morals: how you can remain decent in a decadent environment.