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==Reception== [[Frank Nugent]], writing in ''[[The New York Times]]'', described ''San Francisco'' as "prodigally generous and completely satisfying," its musical sequences "woven gracefully into the script," and its earthquake "a shattering spectacle, one of the truly great cinematic illusions; a monstrous, hideous, thrilling débâcle."<ref name="Nugent">{{cite news|last=Nugent|first=Frank|title='San Francisco,' at the Capitol, Is a Stirring Film of the Barbary Coast|date=June 27, 1936|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/27/archives/san-francisco-at-the-capitol-is-a-stirring-film-of-the-barbary.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref> ===Academy Awards=== The film won one [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and was nominated for five more.<ref name="Oscars1937">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937 |title=The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-08|work=oscars.org}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Award !! Result !! Winner |- | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]] || {{nom}} || [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] ([[John Emerson (filmmaker)|John Emerson]] and Bernard H. Hyman) <br /> <small>Winner was [[Hunt Stromberg]] ([[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]) - ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]''</small> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || {{nom}} || [[W. S. Van Dyke]] <br /> <small>Winner was [[Frank Capra]] - ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]''</small> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || {{nom}} || [[Spencer Tracy]] <br /> <small>Winner was [[Paul Muni]] - ''[[The Story of Louis Pasteur]]''</small> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Writing (Original Story)]] || {{nom}} || [[Robert Hopkins (screenwriter)|Robert Hopkins]] <br /> <small>Winner was [[Pierre Collings]] and [[Sheridan Gibney]] - ''[[The Story of Louis Pasteur]]''</small> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Assistant Director|Best Assistant Director]] || {{nom}} || [[Joseph M. Newman]] <br /> <small>Winner was [[Jack Sullivan (film director)|Jack Sullivan]] - ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''</small> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]] || {{won}} || [[Douglas Shearer]] |- |} ===Other awards=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! Year ! Award ! Result ! Category ! Recipient |- | 1936 || Photoplay Awards || '''Won''' || Medal of Honor || [[John Emerson (filmmaker)|John Emerson]] and Bernard H. Hyman |- |}
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