In old Zanuck's studio, a big-budget, mediocre cash-in on MGM's SAN FRANCISCO, minus the male star-charisma of the latter.
All the biggest Fox stars of the time were assembled for this nearly $2 million production: Alice Brady won a supporting actress Oscar for her role as Mrs. O'Leary, the woman who supports her family after the death of her husband by taking in washing. She manages to raise her sons into a handsome
rake and political schemer (Power); a crusading lawyer (Ameche); and a young man with no ambitions other than to marry his sweetheart and have babies (Brown). Alice Faye gets to do her saloon singer bit, parading her legs in $1500 jeweled stockings ...
Released:
1938
Rated:
NR
Length:
115 mins