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In Old Chicago

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6.7(52)19381h 51m3

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

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Status
Released
Budget
$10M
Box office
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Language
English
  • chicago, illinois
  • fire
  • musical
  • conflagration
  • disaster movie
  • great fire
  • brother brother relationship
  • brothers

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Director

Henry King

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York City, New York6 Jan 1938
    • TheatricalNR15 Apr 1938
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1211 Jul 1938
  • RussiaSU

    • TheatricalДубляж – Центральная объединённая киностудия, 1943 г.21 Jun 1943

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In Old Chicago was released on 15 April 1938.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/4/2022

    6/10

    The two "O'Leary" brothers grow up without their father in an house where their widowed mother runs quite a successful laundry business. One son, "Jack" (Don Ameche), shows promise as a lawyer; the other "Dion" (Tyrone Power) is a more inventive sort of fella. After a few, quite entertaining wooing antics, the latter hooks up with visiting chanteuse "Belle" (Alice Faye) and together they start a business that rapidly…

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