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Frisco Jenny is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern. Its story bears a resemblance to Madame X (1929), Chatterton's previous hit film.
Frisco Jenny: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook. The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.
Orphaned and pregnant after the 1906 earthquake, Jenny (Ruth Chatterton) tries to survive in the ruins of San Francisco. After the baby is born, she meets a crooked lawyer named Steve (Louis ...
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Frisco Jenny. 1932. Directed by William A. Wellman. Synopsis. Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple.
Jan 10, 2016 · While not an especially illicit or daring movie, Frisco Jenny showcases Ruth Chatterton at her best. It also showed how mature, strong women were given showcases that could be just as dirty and two fisted as the men’s pictures being made.
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Synopsis. Jenny Sandoval is pregnant and unmarried when the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 strikes, killing her father, Jim, and her lover, Dan McAllister. Alone, Jenny survives in the Chinese district, where her baby is born, by turning to prostitution. Local attorney Steve Dutton helps Jenny set up a brothel.
