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acsdoug D @acsdoug 06/24/2025 Typical 1930s melodrama: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, earthquake destroys city, boy gets girl in the end. Maybe I would have liked it better if I was a bigger fan of Jeannette McDonald's singing (there's a lot of that). Enjoyed the destruction of San Francisco though. See more Martin B @Martin49er 10/27/2024 I saw this yesterday-had not heard of it before- well done even if a bit dated and drawn out-, until the earthquake- very powerful filmmaking-and 90 yrs old. See more Roxanne B @GetRoxy 09/27/2024 Similar to The Greatest Show on Earth, the chemistry of the cast doesn't quite work, as is rumored by Gable hating uptight MacDonald, but the special effects for the time (like the train wreck in the aforementioned Greatest Show...) are trauma evocative and worth the 'price of admission'. Besides, Spencer Tracy seems sincere. See more Luca D @JoeCamel7 07/11/2023 Not as melodramatic as other melodramas from this era. The acting was not entertaining and the plot was dull in my opinion. Thought the movie would have more to do with the city it's named after but it didn't. I dont get the high ratings, there are many other melodramas I would put above this. Probably won't watch again. See more Ashley H @ashleyhobgood87 05/04/2023 San Francisco is an okay film. It is about a saloonkeeper and an impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer in 1906 San Francisco. Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald give decent performances. The script is a little slow in places. W.S. Van Dyke did an alright job directing this movie. I like the motion picture because of the drama and romance. See more Russ G @RT78760655 02/05/2023 One of dozens of films in which the King of Hollywood starred that were not entitled "Gone With the Wind" or "It Happened One Night" and is largely unknown to modern audiences. It's perhaps your one and only chance to see Gable and Tracy share star billing. It's one part love triangle, one part musical, one part opera, maybe two parts Irwin Allen disaster, and one part redemption story. Yes, the ending is a little heavy-handed with Blackie's Come-to-Jesus moment, The many musical interludes make the pacing a bit slow but gave Depression-era audiences their two-bits' worth of entertainment. Fun Fact: this is one of TWO films in which Clark Gable plays a character named "Blackie;" in the other he ends up on Death Row. Miss McDonald is lovely and coiffed and gowned gorgeously throughout and give her props for the voice. MGM spared no expense on the special effects. Those had to be nightmare to direct and film as there wasn't going to be 2nd take. See more Read all reviews

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