Blackie Norton — San Francisco Character Profile

About Blackie Norton

Saloon keeper of the Paradise Club on the Barbary Coast who runs for the Board of Supervisors to implement reform. He is deeply devoted to Mary Blake and survives the 1906 earthquake to reunite with her.

Blackie Norton — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Clark Gable

Appears in

San Francisco (1936)

Role

Protagonist

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