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In Old Chicago Recreated On Twentieth Century Fox Lot
Darryl Zanuck drives a detailed production plan for In Old Chicago, recreating 1854 to 1871 Chicago with 60 acres of sets in Westwood, 1100 extras, a 1.865 million gallon artificial lake, a 500 fire crew, and extensive research. The project centers on the O Learys cow fire and the rebuilding epoch, blending costumes, music, and dramatic effects into a costly epic for U S theaters.
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Chicago
Florence Richardson
20Th Century-Fox’ Research Department
Hollywood
Daisy
O’leary
Tyrone Power
Aladdin
U. S
Darryl F. Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
Westwood
Palmer House
Field, Leiter and Company
Adams Express Company
City Hall
Lake
Michigan
Darryl Zanuck
America
O’learys
O'Leary
Niven Busch
the O’learys
Lamar Trotti
Sonya Levien
Crack
Roger
William Darling
Lew Pollack
Sidney D Mitchell
Ake
Mack Gordon
Rhody
Los Angeles
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Alice Brady
Andy Devine
Brian Donlevy
Tom Brown
Phyllis Brooks
Zanuck
Twentieth Century-Fox
Nineteenth
Molly
Jack O'Leary
Daisy O'Leary
Stockton
Calif
Western Newspaper Union