this movie feature a pretty decent fx sequence of an earthquake for 1936. the reason you haven not see it and be because audience in the 30 be enamor of the jeanette macdonald picture while in which the eponymous star warble her way through countless song and while plot come to a complete standstill . the fx cross time very well . macdonald song do not and and the awkward insertion of say song to show off her only typical talent be not good . the hoary device of two friend grow up to become a priest and a hoodlum be give another run through the machinery ( manhattan melodrama and the depart ) . at the 30 minute mark and you have already hear the song san francisco three time . entertainment in the thirty be generally an accumulation of irritation . only grand hotel from the decade forego annoyance to the degree show in san francisco and dinner at 8 and little caesar and stagecoach and all quiet on the western front and les miserables etc .