San Francisco (1936) - film review

Adventure / Drama / Musical / Romance

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San Francisco is an American romantic film drama first released in 1936, directed by W.S. Van Dyke. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt and Jessie Ralph. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Script: Robert E. Hopkins, Anita Loos
Music: Herbert Stothart, Edward Ward
Cast: Clark Gable (Blackie Norton), Jeanette MacDonald (Mary Blake), Spencer Tracy (Father Mullin), Jack Holt (Jack Burley), Jessie Ralph (Mrs. Burley), Ted Healy (Mat), Shirley Ross (Trixie), Margaret Irving (Della Bailey), Harold Huber (’Babe’), Edgar Kennedy (Sheriff), Al Shean (Professor), William Ricciardi (Signor Baldini), Kenneth Harlan (’Chick’), Roger Imhof (’Alaska’), Charles Judels (Tony), Russell Simpson (’Red’ Kelly), Bert Roach (Freddie Duane), Warren Hymer (Hazeltine), Jean Acker, Maude Allen (Elderly Woman), Oscar Apfel (Founders’ Club Member), Sam Ash (Orchestra Leader), Gertrude Astor (Drunk’s Girl), Irving Bacon (Picnicker), King Baggot, Jane Barnes (Girl), Vince Barnett (New Year’s Eve Drunk), Jack Baxley (Kinko), Nyas Berry (Dancer), Margaret Bert (Salvation Army Nurse), Sidney Bracey (Allen, Burley’s Butler), Jimmy Brewster (Stooge), Fritzi Brunette, Sonny Bupp, Tommy Bupp (Bill, Newsboy), Orrin Burke (Pompous Man), Richard Carle (Founders’ Club Member), Helene Chadwick, Naomi Childers (Opera Spectator in Burley Box), G. Pat Collins (Bartender), Adrienne D’Ambricourt (Madame Albani), Nigel De Brulier (Old Man), Vernon Dent (Fat Man), Mae Digges (Dancer), Tom Dugan (Drunk), Edward Earle (Bit Man), Fred M. Fagan (Waiter), Jim Farley (Charlie, Police Captain), Flora Finch, Chester Gan (Jowl Lee), Bud Geary (Man Restraining Blackie after Quake), Ruth Gillette, Sammy Glasser (Stooge), D.W. Griffith (Orchestra conductor), George Guhl (Bit Man), Ben Hall (Man searching in the chaos), Donald Hall, Sherry Hall (Well-Wisher), Mahlon Hamilton (Bit Role), Edward Hearn (Parishioner), Fay Helm, Anthony Jowitt (Society Man), Bronislau Kaper, John Kelly (Kelly), Cy Kendall (Headwaiter), Jack Kennedy (Mike, Old Irishman in Church), Leonard Kibrick (Choirboy), Tandy MacKenzie (Faust), James Macklin (Young Man), Wilbur Mack (Bartender), George Magrill (A Marine), Tom Mahoney (Captain of Police), Frank Mayo (Dealer), Tom McGuire (Bartender), Robert McKenzie (Messenger), Sammy McKim (Choirboy), Douglas McPhail (Extra), John ’Skins’ Miller (Man on Stretcher), Belle Mitchell (Mary’s Maid, Louise), Bruce Mitchell (Heckler), Rhea Mitchell, Harry Myers (Reveler), William Newell (Man in Breadline), Amber Norman, William H. O’Brien (Waiter at Chicken’s Ball), Spec O’Donnell (Man Praying), Dennis O’Keefe (New Year’s Celebrant), Pat O’Malley (Fireman), John Pearson (Stooge), Jason Robards Sr. (Father), Beatrice Roberts (Forrestal Guest), Henry Roquemore (Drinker), Don Rowan (Coast Type), Frank Sheridan (Founders’ Club Member), Helen Shipman (Bit Part), Myrtle Stedman (Bit), Carl Stockdale (Salvation Army Man), Harry Strang (Soldier), Charles Sullivan (Fire Spectator), Ben Taggart (Cop), Rosemary Theby, David Thursby (Man), Jerry Tucker (Choirboy), Robert J. Wilke, Tudor Williams (Mephistopheles), Bill Wolfe (Parishioner), Ortho Wright (Fireman)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 115 min; B&W

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