Rent In Old Chicago (1937)
3.5 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- The story centers on the O'Leary family, pioneer settlers whose eldest boys achieve notoriety and power in bustling Chicago. After Jack (Don Ameche) gets elected mayor with the help of his popular brother Dion (Tyrone Power), the two lock horns over the future of Chicago's slums. Using his cabaret singer wife (Alice Faye) as a pawn in their dispute, Dion accelerates their intense rivalry as the whole town takes sides. It is not until a massive fire wipes out all of old Chicago that the O'Learys' lives are changed forever.
- Actors:
- Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown, Sidney Blackmer, Berton Churchill, June Storey, Paul Hurst, Tyler Brooke, J. Anthony Hughes, Gene Reynolds, Bobs Watson, Billy Watson, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Spencer Charters, Rondo Hatton
- Directors:
- Henry King
- Producers:
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Writers:
- Lamar Trotti, Sonya Levien, Niven Busch
- Others:
- Robert Webb, Niven Busch, Louis Silvers, E. H. Hansen
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
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