San Francisco (1936)
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Directors
W.S. Van Dyke
Cast
Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph
The story
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 Mat predicts that Mary will not stay long on the "Coast".
Genres
Drama, Musical, Romance Film, disaster film, drama film, musical film
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