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"We O'Learys are a strange tribe. There's strength in us. And what we set out to do, we finish."
- Alice Brady (Oscar w read more
Mrs. O'Leary and her troublesome cow make their obligatory appearance in this 20th Century Fox tale of urban disaster, which lets the viewer know up front that In Old Chicago (1937) is more a fable than a history lesson. Like the earlier San Francisco (1936), this picture sets a very personal story read more
Mrs. O'Leary and her troublesome cow make their obligatory appearance in this 20th Century Fox tale of urban disaster, which lets the viewer know up front that In Old Chicago (1937) is more a fable than a history lesson. Like the earlier San Francisco (1936), this picture sets a very personal story read more
Mrs. O'Leary and her troublesome cow make their obligatory appearance in this 20th Century Fox tale of urban disaster, which lets the viewer know up front that In Old Chicago (1937) is more a fable than a history lesson. Like the earlier San Francisco (1936), this picture sets a very personal story read more
In Old Chicago
Directed by Henry King
Written by Lamar Trotti and Sylvia Levien based on a story by Niven Busch
1937/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation presents Daryll F. Zanuck Productions
First viewing I was not crazy about this big-budget answer to 1936′s smash hit San Francisco, de read more
The legend in Chicago goes that it was one of Mrs. O’Leary’s cows that started the great Chicago fire in 1871. This film gives a little more history and drama to that infamous family. We meet the O’Leary’s in a covered wagon heading toward Chicago. The young boys get excite read more
