Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut., William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Russell Hicks, Paul Fix, Marc Lawrence, Butterfly McQueen,

Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Tito, goes home and PL: learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer. The 1906 quake destroys his place.