In Old Chicago (1938)

In 1854, Patrick O'Leary, patriarch of the O'Leary family, dies in an accident nearby Chicago while traveling the Midwestern prairie. His wife Molly O'Leary raises her three sons alone, working as laundress. Her son Jack becomes an idealistic lawyer, Dion is a gambler, and Bob helps his mother in the laundry business and marries local Gretchen (June Storey) in the old area known as The Patch. Dion meets singer Belle Fawcett in the cabaret owned by Gil Warren and they fall in love with each other. They also open their own business to compete with Gil, who becomes their enemy. However, Gil invites Dion to join politics with him but Dion plots a scheme with tragic consequences.

Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

Henry King

Writer(s):

Lamar Trotti, Sonya Levien, Niven Busch

Starring:

Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown, Sidney Blackmer, Berton Churchill, June Storey, Paul Hurst, Tyler Brooke, J. Anthony Hughes, Gene Reynolds, Bobs Watson, Billy Watson, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Spencer Charters, Rondo Hatton, Thelma Manning, Ruth Gillette, Eddie Collins, Scotty Mattraw, Joe Twerp, Charles Lane, Clarence Wilson, Frank Dae, Harry Stubbs, Joe King, Francis Ford, Bob Murphy, Wade Boteler, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Russell Hicks, Carol Adams, Jessie Arnold, Kathryn Barnes, Sue Barstead, Jeanette Bates, Colleen Bawn, Doris Becker, Patsy Bedell, Brooks Benedict, Barbara Booth, Ed Brady, Horace G. Brown, Julie Cabanne, George Chandler, Jack Cheatham, Davison Clark, Tom Coleman, James Conaty, Jeanne Criswell, Dale Dee, Natalie Finley, Bess Flowers, Norah Gale, Kirby Grant, Harrison Greene, Harriette Haddon, Sherry Hall, Harry Hayden, Harry Hollingsworth, Sheldon Jett, Edna Mae Jones, Jean Joyce, Adelaide Kaye, Edward Keane, Crystal Keate, Fred Kelsey, Jacqueline Kopp, Mary Louise Kopp, Billie Lee, Patricia Lee, Patsy Lee, Vera Lewis, Mary Lorraine, Corine McAlister, J.P. McGowan, Pat McKee, Lydia McKim, Florence McPherson, Jackie Cagney Miller, Bert Moorhouse, William H. O'Brien, George Offerman Jr., Pat Parrish, Gil Perkins, Patsy Perrin, Eleanore Prentiss, Jane Ray, Rice and Cady, Dorothy Rodgers, John Roy, Muriel Scheck, Audrey Scott, Louise Seidel, Hugh Sheridan, Lorraine Standish, Larry Steers, Hope Taylor, Harry Tenbrook, June Terry, Valerie Traxler, John Wallace, Marion Weldon, Dorothy White, Charles Williams

Producer(s):

Kenneth Macgowan, Darryl F. Zanuck

Release Info:

Release Date: August 15, 1938 (USA) | Length: 95 min | Genre: Action, Disaster, Drama, Musical | Certificate: Approved | Note(s): ???

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