In Old Chicago(Movie, 1937)

Name: In Old Chicago
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1937
Duration: T01:50:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 50min | Genres: Action, Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

In Old Chicago is a 1938 American disaster musical 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 stars Alice Faye and Andy Devine. At the time of its release, it was one of the most expensive movies ever made. ()

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Available languages: English
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Awards & Nominations for In Old Chicago

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story nominated for: Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound

About In Old Chicago

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

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Chicago (Illinois)

Plays in: Chicago (Illinois)

Made by: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/15/1938

Cast: Alice Brady, Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Tom Brown, Paul Hurst, Eddie Collins, Francis Ford, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Russell Hicks, Tom Brown, Sidney Blackmer, Berton Churchill, Charles Williams, Clarence Wilson, Fred Kelsey, Phyllis Brooks

Director: Henry King, Robert D. Webb

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck, Kenneth Macgowan

Screenwriter: Sonya Levien, Lamar Trotti, Niven Busch

Film Editor: Barbara McLean

Director of Photography: John Peverell Marley

Composer: Sidney Clare

Production Designer: William S. Darling

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"W starym Chicago"

Keywords: brothers, fire, musical, disaster movie, conflagration, great fire, brother brother relationship, chicago, illinois

Budget: 10,000,000 USD

Revenue: 2,500,000 USD (= 25%)

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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