Flame Of The Barbary Coast (1945)
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.
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While in her home, Ann Dvorak introduces herself to John Wayne: "My name is Ann" to which he replies "and I am Duke". Dvorak's character's name is also her real name. Wayne's character's name was also his real-life nickname.
The song "Carrie" by Albert von Tilzer was written in 1909, three years after the action in the movie takes place (1906).
Factual errors
James D. "Jim" Phelan was Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 until 1902, serving 3 terms. He did not run for Mayor after the 1906 earthquake, but served on the Committee of Fifty, set up by the Mayor, Eugene Schmitz.