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The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.
Gertrude Astor
- Miss Beulah
- (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
- Drunken Sailor
- (uncredited)
Ed Brady
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Man in Meal Line
- (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Man Posting Earthquake Deaths
- (uncredited)
Wong Chung
- Chinese Man
- (uncredited)
Berton Churchill
- Judge Thomas B. Reynolds
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening sequence contains actual footage from the famous Miles Brothers film A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906), which was filmed on a street car just days before the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906. The Miles Brothers followed up with a film down Market Street after the earthquake which showed the devastation.
- GoofsAfter the coroner tells the photographer to take a picture of a recently murdered man who died with his eyes open, the actor playing the dead man visibly blinks twice.
- Quotes
Frisco Jenny Sandoval: Cellars of Chinatown. Yeah, I was there. So was he. It was there I gave him life. He gives me death.
- ConnectionsEdited from A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906)
- SoundtracksMy Gal Sal
(uncredited)
Written by Paul Dresser
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits and at the end
Played and sung often throughout the picture
Featured review
Essential viewing for Ruth Chatterton fans (all three of you)
Ruth Chatterton was a fascinating early '30s leading lady - she was quite average looking and somewhat chubby, with a brittle, theatrical acting style that hasn't dated very well. And yet, there's something in every one of her performances that's worth watching. She specialized in hard-edged, independent women of the type that Bette Davis would later do with much more depth and sympathy. "Frisco Jenny" was typical of Chatterton's Warner Brothers vehicles, with a shopworn "women's picture" storyline that gave her plenty of opportunities to grit her teeth and snap off at characters who got in her way. Nice direction by William Wellman, with a well-placed earthquake to add
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Common Ground
- Filming locations
- Market Street, San Francisco, California, USA(opening shot, archive footage)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $286,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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