Boom Town (1940)




Spencer Tracy - Boom Town




John McMasters and John Sand travel to an emerging oil town to seek their fortunes. They initially clash but eventually decide to collaborate. Betsy Bartlett comes to the west to marry Sand, but ends up marrying McMasters instead. Together, Big John and Square John succeed in the oil industry and make a fortune. However, after losing that fortune, they come to understand that their personal relationships are more important than the money they had made.


Film programs

Filmpost nr. 265

Books with substantial mentioning of Boom Town

Christopher Young
The Films of Hedy Lamarr
Secaucus, NJ, 1978

Gabe Essoe
The Films of Clarke Gable
Secaucus, N.J., 1977
pp. 198-199 info

Donald Descher
The Films of Spencer Tracy
New York, 1968

Books with an entry on Boom Town

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969