Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy play two wildcat Texas oilmen who go through the ups and downs of the oil business, and in their personal lives as well, in “Boom Town.” Director Jack Conway (“Lady of the Tropics” 1939) does an outstanding job of making an epic motion picture on a large budget with excellent production values, good writing, and top-rate performances by big name stars. John Lee Mahin wrote the screenplay, adapted from a 1939 short story in “‘Cosmopolitan” magazine by James Edward Grant.
The cast includes Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, Chill Wills, Marian Martin, Minna Gombell, Joe Yule, Horace Murphy, and Richard Lane as the Assistant District Attorney. The very watchable and extremely entertaining classic motion picture “Boom Town” was the highest grossing film of 1940 for producer Sam Zimbalist and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography/Black and White (Harold Rosson) and Best Special Effects.
Boom Town (1940)
cinema
My Review
Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy play two wildcat Texas oilmen who go through the ups and downs of the oil business, and in their personal lives as well, in “Boom Town.” Director Jack Conway (“Lady of the Tropics” 1939) does an outstanding job of making an epic motion picture on a large budget with excellent production values, good writing, and top-rate performances by big name stars. John Lee Mahin wrote the screenplay, adapted from a 1939 short story in “‘Cosmopolitan” magazine by James Edward Grant.
The cast includes Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, Chill Wills, Marian Martin, Minna Gombell, Joe Yule, Horace Murphy, and Richard Lane as the Assistant District Attorney. The very watchable and extremely entertaining classic motion picture “Boom Town” was the highest grossing film of 1940 for producer Sam Zimbalist and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography/Black and White (Harold Rosson) and Best Special Effects.