IN THE OLD CHICAGO - 1937

In Old Chicago (1937) is an American drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys." The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary, the owner of the cow which started the fire, and Tyrone Power and (Don Ameche) as her sons. It also starred Alice Faye and Andy Devine. At the time of its release, it was one of the most expensive movies ever made.



The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Alice Brady won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was the first person to win the Supporting Oscar after being nominated in the prior year.



Director: Henry King

Writers: Lamar Trotti (screenplay) and Sonya Levien (screenplay) ...

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Release Date: 15 April 1938 (USA)

Genre: Action | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline: The great American motion picture!

Plot: The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations




Cast: (Cast overview, first billed only)



Tyrone Power... Dion O'Leary

Alice Faye ... Belle Fawcett

Don Ameche... Jack O'Leary

Alice Brady... Molly O'Leary

Andy Devine... Pickle Bixby

Brian Donlevy... Gil Warren

Phyllis Brooks... Ann Colby

Tom Brown... Bob O'Leary

Sidney Blackmer... General Phil Sheridan

Berton Churchill... Senator Colby

June Storey... Gretchen

Paul Hurst... Mitch

Tyler Brooke... Specialty Singer

J. Anthony Hughes... Patrick O'Leary

Gene Reynolds... Dion O'Leary as a Boy



Runtime: 95 min | 111 min (roadshow version)

Country: USA

Language: English

Color: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37

Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification: USA:Approved (PCA #3639) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | UK:A (original rating) (1938) | UK:U (re-rating) (1994) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations: California, USA

Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Fire
• Cow
• Lawyer
• Brother
• Gambling
• Action
• Drama
• Musical
• Romance
• Chicago
• Great
• jose
• nelson