THEME EXPLORATION

1920s San Francisco

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hammett
Hammett
1982 · Wim Wenders
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
He Laughed Last
He Laughed Last
1956 · Blake Edwards
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World
1966 · Ken Russell
Mister Johnson
Mister Johnson
1991 · Bruce Beresford
Poto and Cabengo
Poto and Cabengo
1978 · Jean-Pierre Gorin
The Song of Love
The Song of Love
1923 · Frank Borzage
Tokyo March
Tokyo March
1929 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Barbary Coast Bunny
Barbary Coast Bunny
1956 · Chuck Jones
Girls About Town
Girls About Town
1931 · George Cukor
Goskinokalendar
Goskinokalendar
1923 · Dziga Vertov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Frank Borzage United States

Directed 'Street Angel' (1928) and other silent films set in 1920s urban America that explored San Francisco's immigrant communities and working-class struggles.

 King Vidor United States

His social realist dramas of the 1920s, including scenes filmed in San Francisco, documented the era's urban energy and class tensions.