Top billed cast

1. 

   Clark Gable

   Blackie Norton

2. 

   Jeanette MacDonald

   Mary Blake

3. 

   Spencer Tracy

   Father Tim Mullin

4. 

   Jack Holt

   Jack Burley

5. 

   Jessie Ralph

   Mrs. Maisie Burley

6. 

   Ted Healy

   Mat

7. 

   Shirley Ross

   Trixie

8. 

   Margaret Irving

   Della Bailey

9. 

   Harold Huber

   'Babe'

10. View more

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-10-30

I 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 ensu...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Ruth & Boaz75%
2. Tender Mercies67%
3. Breathe74%
4. Moll Flanders61%
5. Untamed Heart68%
6. The Great Gatsby73%
7. What if...69%
8. I'm in Love with a Church Girl59%
9. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button76%
10. Not Easily Broken62%
11. Sweet November68%
12. City of Angels68%
13. A Ghost Story71%
14. Hawaii63%
15. Ladies in Lavender65%
16. Somewhere in Time75%
17. The Yellow Handkerchief62%
18. Dear John68%
19. Titanic66%
20. 2 Hearts72%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,300,000.00

Revenue
$5,273,000.00

Keywords

• 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
• 1900s
• tough man