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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })In Old Chicago is a 1937 film directed by Henry King, starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Don Ameche.It is loosely inspired by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The O'Leary family, consisting of a widow and her three young sons, arrive in the booming city of Chicago in 1854. Molly O'Leary starts a laundry business. Her son Jack (Ameche) becomes a crusading lawyer. Another son, Dion (Power), is a ne'er-do-well gambler, who falls in love with dance hall singer Belle Fawcett (Faye).Through some luck Dion gains insider info about where a rail line in the city will be built. He and Belle build a saloon there, much to the disapproval of Dion's straight-laced mother. Dion builds an empire based on bribery and corruption in business and politics in direct competition with Gil Warren (Brian Donlevy), a similar crook. Gil offers to join forces with Dion if Dion will help him get elected mayor. Instead Dion backs his brother—which leads to conflict when Jack embarks on his crusade to clean up the city.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Then there's a big fire.Jean Harlow was slated to star in this film before her untimely death from kidney failure. Her replacement Alice Faye became a big star. Power, Faye, and Ameche were teamed up again right after this in Alexander's Ragtime Band.
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 Bittersweet Ending: Jack is killed in the fire, but Dion and Belle are reconciled, and the movie ends with Mrs. O'Leary delivering a defiant speech about how a better Chicago will be built from the ashes.
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 Bar Brawl: Dance Hall Brawl, as Dion intentionally provokes an epic brawl at Warren's election-eve dance, in order to get all of Warren's political operatives arrested, so that Jack will get elected mayor.
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 Be Careful What You Wish For
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 Be Careful What You Wish For: Dion gets his brother elected mayor. Jack then embarks on a campaign to clean up the Patch that is a direct threat to Dion's business interests.
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