San Francisco Lilly

Movie
German title	San Francisco Lilly, San Francisco earthquake
Original title	Flame of Barbary Coast
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1945
length	91 minutes
Rod
Director	Joseph Kane
script	Prescott Chaplin Borden Chase
music	R. Dale Butts
camera	Robert De Grasse
cut	Richard L. Van Enger
occupation
John Wayne : Duke Fergus Ann Dvorak : Ann "Flaxen" Tarry Joseph Schildkraut : Boss Tito Morell William Frawley : Wolf Wylie Virginia Gray : Rita Dane Russell Hicks : Cyrus Danver Jack Norton : Byline Conners Paul Fix : Calico Jim Butterfly McQueen : Beulah Eve Lynne : Martha

San Francisco Lilly is an American western directed by Joseph Kane from 1945. The film was nominated in two categories at the 1946 Academy Awards.

action

Duke Fergus, a cattle farmer from Montana, traveled to San Francisco in 1906 to collect money that Tito Morell still owed him. Morell is an arcade manager in the Barbary Coast red light district. The adorable Flaxen is the attraction of Morell's arcade and his girlfriend. Fergus visits Morell and plays cards with him. The amount Morell owes Fergus is the stake. Fergus loses because Morell cheats and has to leave the arcade without his money. Fergus lets himself be introduced to the world of card games by his friend Wolf Wylie and then successfully plays for money. His goal is to open a rival company, to win Flaxen for his company and himself and to outperform Morell. Fergus wins his money back from Morell and opens his own arcade. Flaxen also opts for Fergus and works for him from then on. Everything seems to be going for the best when the great San Francisco earthquake devastates the entire neighborhood. During the rebuilding, Morell and Fergus are not only rivals in business and love affairs, but they are both fighting for the office of mayor of San Francisco. Fergus wins the mayoral election, but then renounces the office and withdraws into private life with Flaxen.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films describes the film as a “lengthy Western series with a predictable outcome and little persuasiveness”.

Nominations

The film was nominated for " Best Sound " ( Daniel J. Bloomberg ) and " Best Film Music " ( Morton Scott and R. Dale Butts) at the Academy Awards in 1946 .

Web links

• Flame of Barbary Coast in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• San Francisco Lilly in the Lexicon of International Films
• Flame of Barbary Coast at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ San Francisco Lilly in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed January 7, 2012.