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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 ...
A fictional story of the O'Leary brothers, rivals in Chicago politics and business, and their roles in the Great Fire of 1871. The film features Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, and a spectacular fire sequence.
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- Action, Drama, Musical
- Henry King
- 1938-04-15
Produced and previewed in 1937 but released in January 1938, In Old Chicago is a fictionalization of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in which 3.3 square miles were destroyed in the heart of the city. Legend has it that Mrs. O'Leary's cow started the fire by kicking over a lantern, though an imaginative journalist later admitted that he had ...
- Henry King
- Tyrone Power
May 22, 2019 · 717 subscribers. Subscribed. 1.5K. 230K views 4 years ago. SDC FILMS Restoration Project. In 1854, the patriarch Patrick O'Leary of the O'Leary family dies in an accident nearby Chicago while...
- 111 min
- 240K
- Kenneth Howard Smith
In 1871 Chicago, honest lawyer Jack (Don Ameche) and his reckless saloon owner brother Dion (Tyrone Power) are two very different men attracted to the same beautiful singer, Belle (Alice Faye).
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- History, Drama
In Old Chicago (1938) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
