| Product Summary | | Publisher: Foxvideo | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00024543178804 | | Buy.com Sku: 40717903 | | Item#: V24LY7 | | Category Keywords: Brothers | | Rating: NR |
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Features: DVD, B&W, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, English, Spanish, Subtitled
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 of the law and their fraternal struggle reaches an incendiary crescendo mimicked by the flames that engulf the city.
Editor's Note
A huge-budget drama released by Fox Studios in 1937 in response to MGM's historical-disaster film SAN FRANCISCO, IN OLD CHICAGO is a fictionalized account of Chicago's Great Fire of 1871. Mrs. O'Leary's (Alice Brady, MY MAN GODFREY) two sons couldn't be more different: Jack (Don Ameche, HEAVEN CAN WAIT) is a lawyer in the running to become the mayor of the city, while Dion (Tyrone Power) is a powerful force in the less-reputable echelons of town. In addition to the divergent paths their lives have taken, the brothers are also in love with the same woman, beautiful singer Belle Fawcett (Alice Faye, HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO), whose choice between the brothers only intensifies their rivalry. The feud comes to a head just before Mother O'Leary's famous cow knocks over the fateful lantern, and in the ensuing chaos of the fire, the brothers join forces to salvage the city. Both tragedy and redemption visit the O'Leary family in a dramatic climax that features some stunning special effects footage of the consuming fire, which won the film the 1938 nomination for Best Picture.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Biography "Don Ameche" | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital Mono | | Full Screen Presentation | | Theatrical Version (96 min.) and Road Show Version (109 min.) | | Biography Don Ameche | | Fox Movietone News |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 8/9/2005 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1937 | | Catalog ID: 2227881 | | UPC: 00024543178804 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1938) |  | Alice Brady, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | Robert D. Webb, Winner, Best Assistant Director | | | Darryl F. Zanuck, Kenneth Macgowan, Nominee, Best Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[A]ll charm, a lively blend of bogus history and cracker-jack spectacle." 08/19/2005 p.127 |
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