San Francisco (1936)
Mary Blake is een jonge zangeres die wanhopig op zoek is naar werk in San Francisco. Casinomanager Blackie Norton liet haar een contract ondertekenen waar ze spijt van kreeg toen haar een stoel werd aangeboden in het Tivoli Opera House. Na een geschil met Norton trad ze toe tot Jack Burley's Tivoli-huis. Blackie dreigt Burley aan te klagen, vraagt Mary ten huwelijk en weet haar te overtuigen om weer voor hem te komen werken. De idylle duurde niet lang en Mary verliet hem opnieuw voor de Tivoli Opera waar ze de headliner werd. Terwijl haar carrière op haar hoogtepunt is, wordt San Francisco getroffen door een aardbeving en is de stad niets anders dan een veld van ruïnes...
Regiseur:
W.S. Van Dyke
Schrijver:
Anita Loos
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Clark Gable as Blackie Norton |
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Jeanette MacDonald as Mary Blake |
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Spencer Tracy as Father Tim Mullin |
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Jack Holt as Jack Burley |
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Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Maisie Burley |
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Ted Healy as Mat |
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Shirley Ross as Trixie |
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Margaret Irving as Della Bailey |
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Harold Huber as 'Babe' |
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Edgar Kennedy as Sheriff |
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Al Shean as Professor |
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William Ricciardi as Signor Baldini |
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Kenneth Harlan as 'Chick' |
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Roger Imhof as 'Alaska' |
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Charles Judels as Tony |
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Russell Simpson as 'Red' Kelly |
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Bert Roach as Freddie Duane |
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Warren Hymer as Hazeltine |
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Albani (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Drunk's Girl (uncredited) |
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Irving Bacon as Picnicker (uncredited) |
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King Baggot as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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Margaret Bert as Salvation Army Nurse (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited) |
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G. Pat Collins as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Nigel De Brulier as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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Vernon Dent as Fat Man (uncredited) |
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Tom Dugan as Drunk (uncredited) |
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John George as Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited) |
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D.W. Griffith as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) |
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Bronislau Kaper as Conductor (uncredited) |
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Frank Mayo as Dealer (uncredited) |
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Tom McGuire as Bartender (uncredited) |
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John 'Skins' Miller as Man on Stretcher (uncredited) |
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James Murray as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as New Year's Celebrant (uncredited) |
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Lillian Rich as Nun (uncredited) |
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William Ripley Dorr as Choir (uncredited) |
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Jason Robards Sr. as Father (uncredited) |
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Frank Sheridan as Founders' Club Member (uncredited) |
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Harry Strang as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Ben Taggart as Cop (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Vernon as New Years Eve Reveler (uncredited) |
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Rosemary Theby as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Earthquake Survivor (Uncredited) |
| Writing | Anita Loos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert E. Hopkins | Story |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Director |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Harry McAfee | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | W.S. Van Dyke | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
| Camera | Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Music |
| Production | Bernard H. Hyman | Producer |
| Editing | Tom Held | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sound | Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Production | John Emerson | Producer |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | John Hoffman | Sequence Artist |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Writing | Herman J. Mankiewicz | Writer |
| Directing | Joseph M. Newman | Assistant Director |