In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago

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In 1854, the patriarch Patrick O'Leary of the O'Leary family dies in an accident nearby Chicago while traveling amid-western 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 the singer Belle Fawcett in the cabaret owned by Gil Warren and they fall ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in In Old Chicago:

Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Alice Brady
Andy Devine
Brian Donlevy

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In 1854, the patriarch Patrick O'Leary of the O'Leary family dies in an accident nearby Chicago while traveling amid-western 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 the singer Belle Fawcett in the cabaret owned by Gil Warren and they fall in love with each other and become lovers. They also open a business of their own to compete with Gil that becomes their enemy. However Gil invites Dion to join the politics with him but Dion plots a scheme with tragic consequences.

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Filmcritic.com - 5/10 by Christopher Nullcan't hold our interest for much more than five minutes
User Review - 10/10 by Xavier MThe BEST film I ever seen in my black and white movie collection.
User Review - 8/10 by Jens TA great movie. It has all it need to let me still be in the sofa and enjoy: a swell romance story, a family looking for a new begining,a fight between brothers and the horrible Chicago-fire.
User Review - 8/10 by Maria CTyrone Power was thrust into the lead of this film when a deal Zanuck made fell through, and he does a terrific job as a cad. The special effects are good. Zanuck was not known for historical accuracy, but see it for what it is and enjoy it.
User Review - 8/10 by Alex FInsight into America's past, and for that time, a great effort was put into the making. The mentality of Chicago's people is indeed a strange and special one, actually many of them have come from Ireland. Later in the 1940s this would become the place where the first atomic bomb was constructed, and in the 1970s, Motorola designed the 68000 microprocessor, maybe THE microprocessor as such, it was the world's first 32-bit processor, and for that time, revolutionary. However it did not really make it, in favour of Intel, even if it looks very comfortable and efficient to use. Later Chicago would become arena for at times doubtful internet gallions life for instance a guy known as "Jimbo Wales", however it is not fully clear if wikipedia specifically resembles Chicago. I would say, according to the movie plot, yea maybe it would, but in the end everything is destroyed. Many people actually like Chicago, it has beautiful city scape, a river flowing through the city, however it is not really seen in the movie. If you are interested in America, or specifically Chicago, this movie is a must-see. And it's beautiful, really worth watching it more than once.
User Review - 8/10 by Calum BThe 20 minute fire sequence is remarkable considering it was made in the 1930s. Tyrone Power is a stunning lead, alongside Alice Faye and Don Ameche there is one solid cast here. Pure entertainment, I didn't watch it thinking it would be historically accurate or informing.
User Review - 8/10 by Jonny PThis film feels somewhat lost among the Hollywood gems of the thirties, though it was nominated for several Academy Awards, and lent to one of the biggest mysteries concerning Alice Brady's Oscar trophy. The story revolves around the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. There is a large myth that purports that a cow in Mrs. O'Leary's barn set it off a fire, destroying most of the town. In this story Mrs. O'Leary is a widow with three sons living in Chicago. She works night and day as a washer woman to support Jack, a lawyer, Dion, a gambler, and Bob, a newlywed. Most of the plot follows the story of Jack and Dion, played by the wildly popular Don Ameche and Tyrone Power. Before we even get to the tragedy aspect of the film, the first hour or so follows Dion's rise to power in The Patch, the crime riddled section of Chicago, filled with gambling, alcohol, and loose women. Dion falls for and manipulates Belle Fawcett, a performer who sets up a new club with him to the disdain of her former boss, Gil Warren. The romance between Dion and Belle is abusive at best, many scenes showing him pinning her down, catching her before she can run away, and ambushing her several times while she and her maid scream for the police. Of course, in thirties fashion, she sees his roguish charm and falls in love with him. Weaving through are the politics of the mayoral race, in which Jack is a candidate against Gil Warren. This leads to a bout of conflict between the two brothers, one trying to clean up the city, the other trying to make a quick buck. Then, after Dion tricks both Jack and Belle, the barn is set aflame, and we get to watch some really amazing special effects for the time period. There is so much illness, and depression as we watch people get stampeded, families split apart, and others dying young in the flames. This film doesn't hold back, or play out to any cliches when it comes to the ensuing action, making it both a character study of the disenfranchised O'Leary clan, and particularly Dion, the man without ethics who everyone keeps giving the benefit of the doubt. A strong film from a strong era of moviemaking.
User Review - 8/10 by Blake PI was fascinated by the Chicago Fire when I was a child ...
User Review - 8/10 by Asa BThe burning of Chicago sequence is worth watching this film, if nothing else!
User Review - 8/10 by Chrisanne SThe 20 minute fire sequence is remarkable considering it was made in the 1930s. Tyrone Power is a stunning lead, alongside Alice Faye and Don Ameche there is one solid cast here. Pure entertainment, I didn't watch it thinking it would be historically accurate or informing.

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