San Francisco (1936)

Directed by

W. S. Van Dyke, D. W. Griffith

Genre

drama film, musical film, disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 85 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love triangle forms between a saloon owner, a church singer, and a priest in 1906 San Francisco. Their personal conflicts are upended when the massive earthquake strikes the city.

romanticdramaticmusicalhistoricalemotionalsuspensefulnostalgicgrandiose

What happens

San Francisco is a 1936 American musical-drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film the highest grossing international hit of the year, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster, Rose Marie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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