Big City (1937 film)

Big City
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Produced by	Frank Borzage Norman Krasna
Written by	Norman Krasna Dore Schary Hugo Butler
Starring	Luise Rainer Spencer Tracy
Music by	William Axt
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Edited by	Fredrick Y. Smith
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	September 3, 1937 (1937-09-03)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$621,000^[1]
Box office	$1,601,000^[1]

Big City is a 1937 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Spencer Tracy. The film was also released as Skyscraper Wilderness.^[2]

Plot

Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Anna (Luise Rainer) are suspected of starting a taxi war. Although innocent, they are blamed for everything that has happened and the officials demand that Anna be deported from the United States. While trying to prove their innocence, the couple feels forced to hide.

The film also casts a number of popular sports figures including Jack Dempsey, Jim Thorpe, and James J. Jeffries in minor comic roles.

Cast

Luise Rainer as Anna Benton
Spencer Tracy as Joe Benton
Charley Grapewin as Robert, the Mayor
Janet Beecher as Sophie Sloane
Eddie Quillan as Mike Edwards
Victor Varconi as Paul Roya
Oscar O'Shea as John C. Andrews
John Arledge as Bud

Box Office

According to MGM records the film earned $906,000 in the US and Canada and $695,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $462,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
↑ The Great Depression in America by William H. Young, Nancy K. Young. p.560

External links

Big City at the American Film Institute Catalog
Big City at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Frank Borzage

Society for Sale (1918)
Prudence on Broadway (1919)
Humoresque (1920)
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
The Pride of Palomar (1922)
The Age of Desire (1923)
Secrets (1924)
The Lady (1925)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
The Circle (1925)
7th Heaven (1927)
Street Angel (1928)
Lucky Star (1929)
They Had to See Paris (1929)
The River (1929)
Liliom (1930)
Song o' My Heart (1930)
Doctors' Wives (1931)
Bad Girl (1931)
After Tomorrow (1931)
Young as You Feel (1931)
Young America (1932)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Secrets (1933)
Man's Castle (1933)
No Greater Glory (1934)
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Flirtation Walk (1934)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Stranded (1935)
Shipmates Forever (1935)
Desire (1936)
Hearts Divided (1936)
Green Light (1937)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Big City (1937)
Mannequin (1937)
Three Comrades (1938)
The Shining Hour (1938)
Disputed Passage (1939)
Strange Cargo (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Flight Command (1940)
Smilin' Through (1941)
The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
His Butler's Sister (1943)
Till We Meet Again (1944)
The Spanish Main (1945)
I've Always Loved You (1946)
That's My Man (1947)
Moonrise (1948)
China Doll (1958)
The Big Fisherman (1959)

Works by Norman Krasna

Plays	Louder, Please (1932) Small Miracle (1934) The Man with Blond Hair (1941) Dear Ruth (1945) John Loves Mary (1947) Time for Elizabeth (1949) Kind Sir (1954) Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958) Sunday in New York (1962) Love in E-Flat (1967) Watch the Birdie! (1969) Bunny (1970) We Interrupt This Program... (1975)

Films	Hollywood Speaks (1932) That's My Boy (1932) So This Is Africa (1933) Parole Girl (1933) Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! (1933) Bombshell (1933) Meet the Baron (1933) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Romance in Manhattan (1935) Hands Across the Table (1935) Four Hours to Kill! (1935) Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Fury (1936) The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) As Good as Married (1937) Big City (1937) (also producer) The First Hundred Years (1938) (also producer) You and Me (1938) Bachelor Mother (1939) It's a Date (1940) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) It Started with Eve (1941) Princess O'Rourke (1943) (also director) Bride by Mistake (1944) (original story) Practically Yours (1944) The Big Hangover (1950) (also director) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Behave Yourself! (1951) (producer only) The Blue Veil (1951) (producer only) Clash by Night (1952) (producer only) The Lusty Men (1952) (producer only) White Christmas (1954) Bundle of Joy (1956) The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) (also director) Indiscreet (1958) Let's Make Love (1960) Who Was That Lady? (1960) My Geisha (1962) Sunday in New York (1963) I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

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