Boom Town

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American drama film film

Boom Town is a 1940 American drama film about rival wildcat oil drillers, starring Clark Gable alongside Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
aspectRatio 1.37:1 ⓘ
basedOn "A Lady Comes to Burkburnett" ⓘ
James Edward Grant ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Big John McMasters ⓘ
Elizabeth McMasters ⓘ
Harry Compton ⓘ
Karen Vanmeer ⓘ
Square John Sand ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harold Rosson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jack Conway ⓘ
distributedInFormat 35 mm film ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Harold F. Kress ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme business competition ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
romantic rivalry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject rivalry ⓘ
wildcat oil drilling ⓘ
musicBy Herbert Stothart ⓘ
narrativeLocation New York City ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Sam Zimbalist ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1940-08-30 ⓘ
releaseYear 1940 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 119 ⓘ
screenwriter John Lee Mahin ⓘ
setInIndustry oil industry ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
starring Chill Wills ⓘ
Clark Gable ⓘ
Claudette Colbert ⓘ
Frank Morgan ⓘ
Hedy Lamarr ⓘ
Lionel Atwill ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
title Boom Town self-link ⓘ

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Clark Gable → notableWork → Boom Town ⓘ
Boom Town → title → Boom Town self-link ⓘ