Good 30s Films: San Francisco

1936 Drama
From MGM
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke

Starring 
Clark Gable
Jeanette MacDonald
Spencer Tracy
Jack Holt
Jessie Ralph
Shirley Ross

Paramount Pictures

It comes well-pedigreed being the fifth oldest film studio in the world.  It is also the second oldest American studio (behind Universal) and is the only one of the Big Six still in Hollywood. Like all but one of the big studios it was founded by a savvy Jewish businessman from Europe who saw early on that there was a future for him in the entertainment business.

William Powell & Myrna Loy

The gentleman once said about himself and his most frequent co-star...  we weren't acting, we were just two people in perfect timing.  Indeed.  The always-dapper dude from Pittsburgh and the rancher's daughter from Montana made 14 films together and seemed so perfect for one another that much of the public thought they were married in real life.  Interestingly (for Hollywood types), they weren't even romantically involved.