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Release Date:
26 June 1936 (USA)
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Tagline:
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.
Another 1 win
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5 nominations
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wait for it
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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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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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In the film, Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) runs for the office of Supervisor in the city of San Francisco, the same job Harry Milk was to hold many decades later when he was assassinated.
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Factual errors: In a scene after the Earthquake, the driver of a Salvation Army wagon tells Blackie Norton that he is heading to "Daly City to get milk for the kiddies." In fact, Daly City was not incorporated until 1911 (five years after the quake). The area did contain dairy farms (owned by John Daly), but was known as Vista Grande.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
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 The Last Tycoon (1976)
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Soundtrack:
Air des bijoux (The Jewel Song)
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San Francisco, like so many other films from this era, just reminds me again how movies today have lost the art of the build-up. They just hit you over the head with mind-numbing action from frame one. Hollywood(and audiences of today) would do well to watch classics like "San Francisco", where story takes precedence over special effects and when the effects do come, they are in service to the story. And they mean so much more and have so much more impact when held back until the last possible moment. Why can't we allow ourselves to be immersed in the story? Or are we just too impatient for it now?