Jeanette MacDonald

Ladies and gentlemen, Major League Baseball, the San Francisco Giants, and the Oakland A's share not only in the community's tragic sense of loss, but also in its legendary spirit of resurrection from such a catastrophe.

Nowhere is the spirit embodied more than in the 1936 song San Francisco as popularized by Jeanette McDonald in the film of the same name about the city's recovery from the great earthquake and fire of 1906.

In tribute to this undaunted vitality of Northern California and to your own camaraderie as baseball fans, let's all turn and shake hands with those around us Then joined with the cast of the award-winning San Francisco Musical Review, Beach Blanket Babylon for a rousing rendition of San Francisco.

This great big world to find the place you love.

And, by the way, the movie is just called San Francisco, 1936.

It's Jeanette MacDonald who sings the famous song.

There you go.

And Spencer Tracy's in that, too.

Ladies and gentlemen, Major League Baseball, the San Francisco Giants, and the Oakland A's share not only in the community's tragic sense of loss, but also in its legendary spirit of resurrection from such a catastrophe.

Nowhere is the spirit embodied more than in the 1936 song San Francisco as popularized by Jeanette McDonald in the film of the same name about the city's recovery from the great earthquake and fire of 1906.

In tribute to this undaunted vitality of Northern California and to your own camaraderie as baseball fans, let's all turn and shake hands with those around us then joined with the cast of the award-winning San Francisco musical review Beach Blanket Babylon for a rousing rendition of San Francisco.

This great big world to find the place you love My home upon

McDonald.

Jeanette McDonald, that's it.

And she's singing and Blackie finds her like there is closure, not only to the family or the character stories, but like the story of the tragedy itself.

And in this, it feels like everything is still burning.

Uh, but I see a lot of people commenting on it, and then, then let's dive, let's dive into the comments tonight, and, uh, let's just say hello to everybody.

Yes, that was Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in the trailer you saw at the beginning, which is, uh, from the movie Rose Marie in 1936.

Um, there's a, there, uh ...

Jimmy Stewart is in that movie.

Uh, he plays, uh, uh, Jeanette MacDonald's brother, and then he's a fugitive from the law, but he, it was only his second movie, so he's, like, at the bottom of the billing, you know.

Um, but he stood out enough MGM gave him a contract, I guess.

Uh, so I'll, I'll explain why I chose that of all things here in a minute, but let's talk about, let's go to the chat here and, uh, and, and see.

[laughs]

... and Jeanette MacDonald.

Yep.

And it's called San Francisco, as in ♪ San Francisco ♪

♪ San Francisco ♪

♪ Open your golden gates ♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

So the movie centers on Clark Gable, who plays Blackie, and he encounters Jeanette MacDonald, who's probably, like, a holier-than-thou bar sing- She's not a bar singer, but she's a singer singer.

And then his friend is Spencer Tracy playing a priest in the first of a number of Tr- Spencer Tracy playing a priest roles.

[crowd cheering] Ladies and gentlemen, Major League Baseball, the San Francisco Giants, and the Oakland A's share not only in the community's tragic sense of loss, but also in its legendary spirit of resurrection from such a catastrophe.

Nowhere is the spirit embodied more than in the 1936 song San Francisco as popularized by Jeanette MacDonald and the film of the same name about the city's recovery from the great earthquake and fire of 1906.

In tribute to this undaunted vitality of Northern California, and to your own camaraderie as baseball fans, let's all turn and shake hands with those around us, then join with the cast of the award-winning San Francisco musical review, Beach Blanket Babylon, for a rousing rendition of San Francisco.

[crowd cheering] [singing] This great big world to find a place to lose.

San Francisco, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, is a captivating blend of romance, drama and music set against the backdrop of the infamous 1906 earthquake.

Released in 1936, this film showcases the talents of Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy, bringing to life a story that is both engaging and emotionally resonant.

The film opens on New Year's Eve 1905, introducing us to Blackie Norton, played by Clark Gable, a charismatic and somewhat roguish owner of The Paradise, a popular nightclub in San Francisco.

Blackie is a man of contradictions, a scoundrel with a heart of gold, whose life takes a turn when he meets Mary Blake, played by Jeanette MacDonald, a hopeful opera singer from Colorado.

Despite her wholesome background as a Parsons daughter, Mary is drawn to the vibrant world of Blackie's nightclub and he, in turn, is captivated by her talent and charm.

Mary's journey is one of ambition and love, as she navigates the complexities of her relationship with Blackie and the allure of a more respectable life offered by Jack Burley, an opera house impresario.

San Francisco is more than just a disaster film.

It is a rich tapestry of human emotion set to a backdrop of beautiful music and stunning visuals.