San Francisco
San Francisco is a 1936 American musical-drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster, Rose Marie.
Plot
On New Year's Eve, 1905, saloon keeper "Blackie" Norton hires Mary Blake to sing in his bar, the Paradise Club on Pacific Street in the notorious Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Mary becomes a star attraction at the Paradise, especially for her signature tune, "San Francisco". Blackie's friend Matt predicts that Mary will not stay long on the "Coast".
Awards
Cast
- Al Shean
- Belle Mitchell
- Bert Roach
- Bronisław Kaper
- Charles Judels
- Charles Sullivan
- Clark Gable
- D. W. Griffith
- Dennis O'Keefe
- Edgar Kennedy
- Edward Earle
- Edward Hearn
- Fay Helm
- Flora Finch
- George Magrill
- Gertrude Astor
- Harold Huber
- Harry Myers
- Irving Bacon
- Jack Holt
- Jason Robards
- Jean Acker
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Jessie Ralph
- Kenneth Harlan
- King Baggot
- Lillian Rich
- Margaret Irving
- Nigel De Brulier
- Oscar Apfel
- Ralph Lewis
- Richard Carle
- Robert J. Wilke
- Roger Imhof
- Rosemary Theby
- Russell Simpson
- Sam Ash
- Sidney Bracey
- Spencer Tracy
- Ted Healy
- Vince Barnett
- Warren Hymer