San Francisco (1936) |
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Clark Gable
(as Blackie Norton)
with Jeanette MacDonald
(as Mary Blake)
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Other InformationAwardsBest Writing, Original Story Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Picture Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Director Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Assistant Directo [1937] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Sound, Recording Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Won) Plot SummaryThe MGM historical "spectacular" San Francisco was allegedly based on a three-sentence synopsis, submitted verbally to producer B.F. Zeidman by studio troubleshooter Bob Hopkins. The story begins on the Barbary Coast on New Year`s Eve, 1906, as rakis... TaglineThey were born to fall in love! It started out like any other day! She Fell In Love . . . with the toughest guy on the toughest street in the world ! DiscographySinglesTa-ra-ra Boom-der-é After the Ball Apotheosis Anges purs Il se fait tard Soldiers` Chorus I`m Livin` in a Great Big Way Love Me, and the World Is Mine How Dry I Am A Hot Time in the Old Town Hail! Hail! The Gang`s All Here Auld Lang Syne The Battle Hymn of the Republic Nearer My God To Thee Philippine Dance At a Georgia Camp Meeting Sempre Libera Air des bijoux (The Jewel Song) Would You? The Holy City A Heart That`s Free San Francisco Happy New Year |
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San Francisco (1936) was nominated for the following awards:
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Jack Burley: One never knows where one`s gonna find talent.
Blackie Norton: No, no, one never does, does one? Mary Blake: I`m going to stay.
Father Mullin: That`s right. You`re in probably the wickedest, most corrupt city, most Godless city in America. Sometimes it frightens me. I wonder what the end`s going to be. But nothing can harm you if you don`t allow it to because nothing in the world, no one in the world, is all bad. Waiter at Chicken`s Ball: [referring to the earthquake] Well, we certainly don`t do things halfway in San Francisco. Mat: [to a bartender] “Everyone to his own taste,” the old lady said as she kissed the cow. Ain`t that a...
Mat: [not getting a reaction] What`s the matter? No sense of humor? Jack Burley: [referring to Mary Blake] Well, there’s no law against an opera singer being slender, young and beautiful. [pointing at necklace]
Blackie Norton: Hey. I thought I told you not to wear that thing.
Trixie: Ah gee, honey, I think it`s nice.
Blackie Norton: Yeah? Well I think it makes you look cheap!
[Rips it off of her]
Blackie Norton: Now don`t wear it anymore. Blackie doesn`t like it. [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!Trivia The dress Jeanette MacDonald wears while singing "Would You" was re-worn by Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942) (1942). The song "Would You," which made its debut in this movie, is perhaps better known for its appearance in the film Singin` in the Rain (1952)--it`s the song Lina Lamont "tries" to sing and ends up butchering. One of Mary`s opera gowns was later used for "Glinda" in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The montage at the conclusion of the film which illustrates the re-building of San Francisco originally included a series of shots of notable San Francisco landmarks; most especially, the Golden Gate Bridge while it was still under construction. The cables had not been slung yet, but the towers of the bridge were very prominent in the shot. Subsequent releases have omitted this original montage in favor of a dissolve shot proceeding from atop of a cliff overlooking the devastation into a panorama of artist-drawn buildings as seen from the cliff. Debut of Robert J. Wilke. Erich von Stroheim, who had been unceremoniously fired from MGM many years earlier, contributed additional lines in the script without studio head Louis B. Mayer ever knowing. D.W. Griffith directed several scenes without ever being credited. The comment that Spencer Tracy makes about the "Rooney kid" is an ad-lib (watch Jeanette MacDonald`s expression reacting to it). Tracy had worked with Mickey Rooney earlier that year in Riffraff (1936) and knew that director W.S. Van Dyke abhorred retakes, priding himself on bringing in productions fast and under budget - hence his nickname, "One-Take Woody". Jeanette MacDonald`s older sister, Blossom Rock, signed with MGM and was given the name Marie Blake. Jeanette`s character in San Francisco was named Mary Blake. Spencer Tracy, playing a priest, makes a note to himself in one scene, "That Rooney kid skipped Mass again..." Two years later, he again plays a priest in Boys Town (1938) and is charged with reforming a boy played by Mickey Rooney. | ||
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