San Francisco
1936 · Movie · NR · 115 min · ★ 6.6 · 87% critics
Set in San Francisco just before the 1906 earthquake, a singer and a priest clash with the crooked owner of a Barbary Coast saloon as plans for her future collide. As tension rises in the city, the impending disaster forces everyone to face hard choices.
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Details
- Years
- 1936
- Release date
- 1936-06-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (81 votes)
About
You’ll probably enjoy this big-hearted romance-and-disaster drama if you love classic musical performances and an intense lead-up to catastrophe, but Not for you if you want a fast-moving story all the way through or prefer less opera—like in Rose-Marie or Maytime.
Pros: powerful singing; standout earthquake; star-studded cast | Cons: slow early pacing; love-triangle melodrama; religious tone can feel heavy
Themes
- san francisco, california
- earthquake
- priest
- belief in god
- saloon owner
- opera singer
- saloon singer
- crisis of faith
- disaster movie
- nob hill
- loss of faith
- great fire
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1937
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1937 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1937 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1937 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1937 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Story · 1937 · nominated
Cast & crew
Clark Gable
as Blackie Norton
Jeanette MacDonald
as Mary Blake
Spencer Tracy
as Father Tim Mullin
Jack Holt
as Jack Burley
Jessie Ralph
as Mrs. Maisie Burley
Ted Healy
as Mat
Shirley Ross
as Trixie
Margaret Irving
as Della Bailey
Harold Huber
as 'Babe'
Edgar Kennedy
as Sheriff
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke