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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 a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster, Rose Marie.
Theme from San Francisco," also known as "San Francisco," is a song from the 1936 American film San Francisco. It was written by Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann , with lyrics by Gus Kahn . It is sung by Jeanette MacDonald six times in the film, and becomes an anthem for the survivors of the 1906 earthquake .
San Francisco: Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. With Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt. A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally, in 1906 San Francisco.
Director Woodbridge Strong (W.S.) Van Dyke II's most ambitious film, San Francisco rocked everyone's local bijou and bank accounts when it premiered in 1936. It hit theater epicenters shortly after the death of MGM producer extraordinaire, Irving Thalberg, who was its behind-the-scenes benefactor.
San Francisco (1936) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
John Emerson. W.S. Van Dyke. Edward Ward. Herbert Stothart. Douglas Shearer. Anita Loos. Robert E. Hopkins. Herman J. Mankiewicz. A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
A romance with musical interludes provided by one of classic cinema’s greatest sopranos, Jeanette MacDonald, the film casts Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy as the devil and angel on her shoulders; as well as of the city and country around her.
