Editing In Old Chicago (section)

==Production==
During pre-production, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] had announced that [[Jean Harlow]], who was under contract to that studio, would be loaned to [[20th Century Fox]] to star in the role Belle Fawcett. However, due to Harlow's untimely death, the part went to [[Alice Faye]]. Faye's popularity skyrocketed as a result of the picture, and she was reunited with Power and Ameche that same year for ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]'', which proved to be even more successful.<ref name=Parish232>{{citation
|last1=Parish
|first1=James Robert
|last2=Mank
|first2=Gregory W.
|last3=Stanke
|first3=Don E.
|title=The Hollywood Beauties
|year=1978
|publisher=Arlington House Publishers
|location=New Rochelle, New York
|isbn=0-87000-412-3
|page=[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodbeautie00pari/page/232 232]
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Some sources claim that MGM offered to loan both Harlow and [[Clark Gable]] to Fox for ''In Old Chicago'' if they reciprocated by loaning [[Shirley Temple]] to MGM for their upcoming production of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. However, this is merely a rumor, as Harlow died in June 1937, several months before MGM had even purchased the rights to ''Oz''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fricke|first=John|last2=Scarfone|first2=Jay|last3=Stillman|first3=William|author-link1=John Fricke|title=The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History|url=https://archive.org/details/wizardofozoffici0000fric|url-access=registration|publisher=[[Warner Books|Grand Central Publishing]]|location=New York, NY|date=1989|page=[https://archive.org/details/wizardofozoffici0000fric/page/20 20]|isbn=978-0446514460}}</ref> The railroad scenes were filmed on the [[Sierra Railroad]] in [[Tuolumne County, California]].<ref>{{cite book | last =Jensen | first =Larry | authorlink = | title =Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad | publisher =Cochetopa Press | series = | volume = Two| edition = | date =2018 | location =Sequim, Washington | pages =15 | language = | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=c-RNswEACAAJ&q=Hollywood%27s+Railroads | doi = | id = | isbn =9780692064726 | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}</ref>