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In Old Chicago (1937)
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The great American motion picture!Plot:
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
This Fire Fizzles moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tyrone Power | ... | Dion O'Leary |
 | Alice Faye | ... | Belle Fawcett |
 | Don Ameche | ... | Jack O'Leary |
 | Alice Brady | ... | Molly O'Leary |
| Andy Devine | ... | Pickle Bixby |
 | Brian Donlevy | ... | Gil Warren |
| Phyllis Brooks | ... | Ann Colby |
| Tom Brown | ... | Bob O'Leary |
| Sidney Blackmer | ... | General Phil Sheridan |
| Berton Churchill | ... | Senator Colby |
| June Storey | ... | Gretchen |
| Paul Hurst | ... | Mitch |
| Tyler Brooke | ... | Specialty Singer |
| J. Anthony Hughes | ... | Patrick O'Leary |
| Gene Reynolds | ... | Dion O'Leary as a Boy |
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95 min | 111 min (roadshow version)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)MOVIEmeter: 
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This was Darryl F. Zanuck's riposte to the success of MGM's San Francisco (1936). He tried to borrow Clark Gable and Jean Harlow for his production, but MGM head Louis B. Mayer refused to loan them out. moreSoundtrack:
The Battle Cry of Freedom moreFAQ
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It must have seemed like a no-brainer to make a film about the Great Chicago Fire. Unfortunately, no brains were used in developing the story that would climax with the fire. The story about sibling rivalry between the sons of Mrs. O'Leary, whose cow supposedly started the fire, is incredibly lame and dull. The melodramatic script is unbearably syrupy in handling the mother-son relationship on one hand while romanticizing sexual assault on the other hand. Power looks very handsome but is somewhat lackluster as the bad brother while Ameche has the thankless role of the good brother. Brady's thickly-accented performance is hardly Oscar-worthy. At least the fire is well filmed.