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San Francisco (1936)
7.3
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. |
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| Clark Gable | ... | ||
| Jeanette MacDonald | ... | ||
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| Jack Holt | ... | ||
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Jessie Ralph | ... | |
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Ted Healy | ... |
Mat
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Shirley Ross | ... |
Trixie
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Margaret Irving | ... | |
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Harold Huber | ... |
'Babe'
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Edgar Kennedy | ... |
Sheriff
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Al Shean | ... |
Professor
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William Ricciardi | ... |
Signor Baldini
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Kenneth Harlan | ... |
'Chick'
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Roger Imhof | ... | |
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Charles Judels | ... |
Tony
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Mary Blake arrives at Blackie Norton's Paradise gambling hall and beer garden looking for work as a singer. Blackie embarrasses her by asking to see her legs, but does hire her. She faints from hunger. Nob Hill Socialite Jack Burley and Maestro Baldini of the Tivoli Opera House see her singing and offer her a chance to do opera, but Blackie has her under a two-year contract which she sorrowfully stands by. Later, when he makes up posters featuring Mary in tights, she does leave for the Tivoli. Blackie gets an injunction against Burley, but knocks out the process server when he hears Mary's performance as Marguerite in "Faust". She asks her to marry him and she agrees to go back to the Paradise as his kind of singer, but Blackie's childhood chum Father Tim intervenes. After Blackie slugs the priest, Mary leaves. She is soon the star of the Tivoli and Blackie's place is closed down... Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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San Francisco, Stadt der Sünde See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,300,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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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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(1897) (uncredited)
Music by Kerry Mills
Danced by Negro minstrels at the Chickens Ball See more »
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Trivia
Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald did not get along at all during filming, and avoided each other completely off the set. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The song "Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!", heard during New Year's Eve, was not written until 1917. See more »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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Soundtracks
"At a Georgia Camp Meeting"(1897) (uncredited)
Music by Kerry Mills
Danced by Negro minstrels at the Chickens Ball See more »
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