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In Old Chicago: Directed by Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady. The O'Leary brothers--honest Jack and roguish Dion--become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
- Henry King
- 3 min
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.
- over $1 million
May 5, 2014 · Tyrone Power and Alice Faye – In Old Chicago (1937), Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) and Rose of Washington Square (1939) May 5, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 20 Comments. As soon as I saw the announcement for Power-Mad, the May 5 blogathon co-hosted by The Lady Eve’s Reel Life and They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To, I scrambled to claim my topic.
October, 1871, and if you hadn’t realized, Alice Brady is named O’Leary for a reason, which becomes clear when her cow kicks over a lantern in the shed, the disaster begun, Tyrone Power her political operative son who thinks his brother the mayor is to blame, in In Old Chicago, 1938.
- Henry King
- Tyrone Power
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...
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- History, Drama
Mar 1, 2009 · In Old Chicago stars Don Ameche and Tyrone Power as two sons of the infamous Margaret O'Leary, whose ill-fated cow started the 1871 inferno that brought the entire city of Chicago to ruin. The brothers grow up on opposite sides od the law and their fraternal struggle reaches an incendiary crescendo mimicked by the flames that engulf the city.
