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Name: San Francisco
Released: 1936-6-26
Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph

San Francisco

UR
1h 55m
1936

92%

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Academy Award winners Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy star as best friends and rivals, rogue and priest, fighting for the soul of a beautiful woman--and for the soul of one of the world's greatest cities, San Francisco. 1906. In the beautiful, brawling city spawned by the California Gold Rush, party boss and dance hall owner Blackie Norton (Gable) refuses to release singer Mary Blake (Jeanette MacDonald) from her contract with him. Blackie's best friend, Father Tim Mullin (Tracy), urges him to let Mary sing for the city's opera, but Blackie can't admit to anyone that he won't let Mary go because he's in love with her. But when the 1906 earthquake destroys the city, Blackie and Mary discover what is truly important, and together they vow to rebuild their lives and their beloved city.

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Producer:

John Emerson, Bernard H. Hyman

Writer:

Anita Loos, Robert Hopkins

Cast:

Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph, Ted Healy, Shirley Ross, Margaret Irving, Harold Huber, Edgar Kennedy, Al Shean, William Ricciardi, Kenneth Harlan, Roger Imhof, Charles Judels, Russell Simpson, Bert Roach, Warren Hymer

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

92%

Reviews

From the Front Row

Mattie Lucas

It's really only of interest now due to its influence on the disaster genre, combining turgid melodrama with the grand backdrop of a natural disaster. Mark this one as "for Oscar completists only."

MacDonald is the weak link in this otherwise bustling film. But the final portion of the movie, when the earthquake comes a-callin', is truly astonishing.

The film's visual effects throughout its final section continue to dazzle until this day, and became an example to follow in future productions. [Full Review in Spanish]

April 28, 2020

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Esquire Magazine

Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Spencer Tracy steals the picture...

Well worth seeing, but too alarming for the very young.

August 8, 2019

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