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Clark Gable
Blackie Norton
Jeanette MacDonald
Mary Blake
Spencer Tracy
Father Tim Mullin
Jack Holt
Jack Burley
Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Maisie Burley
Ted Healy
Mat
Shirley Ross
Trixie
Margaret Irving
Della Bailey
Harold Huber
'Babe'
Edgar Kennedy
Sheriff
Al Shean
Professor
William Ricciardi
Signor Baldini
Kenneth Harlan
'Chick'
Roger Imhof
'Alaska'
Charles Judels
Tony
Russell Simpson
'Red' Kelly
Bert Roach
Freddie Duane
Warren Hymer
Hazeltine
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Madame Albani (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Picnicker (uncredited)
King Baggot
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Salvation Army Nurse (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Bartender (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
Fat Man (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
Drunk (uncredited)
John George
Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited)
D.W. Griffith
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Bronislau Kaper
Conductor (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Dealer (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Bartender (uncredited)
John "Skins" Miller
Man on Stretcher (uncredited)
James Murray
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
Lillian Rich
Nun (uncredited)
William Ripley Dorr
Choir (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Father (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
Founders' Club Member (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Soldier (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Cop (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
New Years Eve Reveler (uncredited)
Rosemary Theby
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Earthquake Survivor (Uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Oct 30 2024

I sometimes found Jeanette MacDonald to be a sort of singing hybrid of Bette Davis and Binnie Barnes! She reminds me very much of that here in this engaging, if slightly long, romantic tale set just before the infamous San Francisco earthquake. "Mary Blake" arrives in the city looking for a job and she alights on the owner of the "Paradise Café". He's the suave and savvy "Blackie Norton" (Clark Gable) and he takes quite a shine to her. So too does his rather wealthier and more high-brow competitor "Burley" (Jack Holt) who might be a better fit for this girl's operatic ambitions. What now ensues...