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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
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Entertaining Pre-Code
Not as 'notorious' a Pre-Code, as Chatterton's 'Female', released the following year, but anyway a highly entertaining film, that tells the story of 'fast-talking' 'Jenny Sandoval', who after the big San Francisco 1906 earthquake (great special effects in these sequence), 'rises' from the slums to the 'heights' of being the most powerful Brothel Madam of the whole city, with all kinds of 'useful' connections.
Nice to watch a 'young' Louis Calhern as a politician who is Chatterton's pal (23 years before his highly amusing role as Grace Kelly's bon-vivant uncle in MGM's 'High Society'). Also good performances by Helen Jerome Eddy as Chatterton's Chinese maid and Donald Cook as Chatterton's grown-up illegitimate son.
Somewhat reminiscent of Chatterton's 1929 MGM flick 'Madame X' aka as Absinthe, but better, and much swifter.
Nice to watch a 'young' Louis Calhern as a politician who is Chatterton's pal (23 years before his highly amusing role as Grace Kelly's bon-vivant uncle in MGM's 'High Society'). Also good performances by Helen Jerome Eddy as Chatterton's Chinese maid and Donald Cook as Chatterton's grown-up illegitimate son.
Somewhat reminiscent of Chatterton's 1929 MGM flick 'Madame X' aka as Absinthe, but better, and much swifter.
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- fsilva
- Jul 20, 2004
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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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- Budget
- $286,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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