Flame of Barbary Coast
US (1945): Western/Romance/Drama
A cowboy (John Wayne) competes with a gambling tycoon (Joseph Schildkraut) on the Barbary Coast for the hand of a beautiful dance-hall queen (Ann Dvorak). The 1906 San Francisco earthquake shakes up the plot and provides the climax. Directed by Joseph Kane for Republic Pictures. Cast also includes William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Paul Fix and Butterfly McQueen. Flame of Barbary Coast was Ann Dvorak's first film in the United States after spending much of WW II in England with her husband, Leslie Fenton, where she made several films and aided the British by driving an ambulance. (amctv.com)
2 nominations
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1945: Dale Butts, Morton Scott
· Sound Recording 1945: Daniel J. Bloomberg