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San Francisco (1936)
June 26, 19361h 55mEN
6.6
79 votes
Overview
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
Director
W.S. Van DykeWhere to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1.3M
Revenue
$5.3M
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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7.0I sometimes found Jeanette MacDonald to be a sort of singing hybrid of Bette Davis and Binnie Barnes! She reminds me very much of that here in this engaging, if slightly long, romantic tale set just before the infamous San Francisco earthquake. "Mary Blake" arrives in the city looking for a job and she alights on the owner of the "Paradise Café". He's the suave and savvy "Blackie Norton" (Clark Gable) and he takes quite a shine to her. So too does his rather wealthier and more high-brow competitor "Burley" (Jack Holt) who might be a better fit for this girl's operatic ambitions. What now ensue…
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