Marvyn Leroy and Busby Berkeley, what a combination!

Superb--one of the 3 best 30s musicals....

Interesting Depression musical starring some of the usual suspects

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

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Busby Berkeley, Gloria Stuart, Hugh Herbert, Alice Brady, Joseph Cawthorn, Dorothy Dare, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Adolphe Menjou, and Grant Mitchell in Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Ethelreda Leopold, Victor Moore, and Dick Powell in Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, and Dick Powell in Dames (1934)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935)

Ann Pennington in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)

Hope Hampton and Wyndham Standing in The Gold Diggers (1923)

Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, and Gail Patrick in Stage Door (1937)

Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

"Fanny" is Faneul H. Peabody, just the kind of man I've been looking for, lots of money and no resistance.

The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)

Joan Blondell, Ginger Rogers, Maxine Cantway, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Ned Sparks, Warren William, and Millie Walters in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Aline MacMahon, and Dick Powell in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Billy Barty, Margaret Cathew, Gloria Faythe, June Gittelson, June Glory, Theresa Harris, Clarence Nordstrom, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Billy West, Kathy Cunningham, and Patricia Douglas in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Ruby Keeler in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Guy Kibbee and Aline MacMahon in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Fred Kelsey, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, and Warren William in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Ginger Rogers in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Ned Sparks, and Tammany Young in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Ginger Rogers Film Set Gold Diggers Of 1933, The (1933) 0024069

Warren William

Joan Blondell

Aline MacMahon

Erwin Gelsey

James Seymour

David Boehm

A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.

Mervyn LeRoy

Gold Diggers of 1933

THE HAPPY ENDING IS NOT THE END.

There is a pattern to 1930&apos;s Hollywood musicals; struggle to put on show proceeds alongside struggle for love to conquer all. And in the end both struggles are successfully concluded. It is a pattern that is broken by &quot;Gold Diggers Of 1933&quot;. Sure, all of the usual elements are in place, including the Hungry, Penniless Showgirl Depression setting. But where this movie differs is in the fact that after the various plot strands are neatly tied up, it doesn&apos;t end. Instead, we are treated to the last big production number,&quot;My Forgotten Man&quot;, as downbeat as it was possible to get in 30&apos;s Hollywood. All the Busby Berkeley musicals paid lip service to the Great Depression, but this one goes much further, as &quot;My Forgotten Man&quot; was the last, most enduring image of the film, and the one that audiences left the theatre with. It&apos;s placement was a brave decision on the part of whoever made it, and it would be interesting to learn of the public reaction at the time. Because while it is undoubtedly true that in an era of deprivation, you can&apos;t blithely make movies that are totally divorced from reality, it&apos;s equally true that people want to be reassured there is a better life, and they won&apos;t be scratching around in the dirt forever. Personally, I love the number, and it&apos;s placement. It&apos;s something that has fascinated me since my very first viewing 7 years ago, but it seems to be a point that not a lot of critics have picked up on. Perhaps it wasn&apos;t so unusual after all!

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There is a pattern to 1930's Hollywood musicals; struggle to put on show proceeds alongside struggle for love to conquer all. And in the end both struggles are successfully concluded. It is a pattern that is broken by "Gold Diggers Of 1933". Sure, all of the usual elements are in place, including the Hungry, Penniless Showgirl Depression setting. But where this movie differs is in the fact that after the various plot strands are neatly tied up, it doesn't end. Instead, we are treated to the last big production number,"My Forgotten Man", as downbeat as it was possible to get in 30's Hollywood. All the Busby Berkeley musicals paid lip service to the Great Depression, but this one goes much further, as "My Forgotten Man" was the last, most enduring image of the film, and the one that audiences left the theatre with. It's placement was a brave decision on the part of whoever made it, and it would be interesting to learn of the public reaction at the time. Because while it is undoubtedly true that in an era of deprivation, you can't blithely make movies that are totally divorced from reality, it's equally true that people want to be reassured there is a better life, and they won't be scratching around in the dirt forever. Personally, I love the number, and it's placement. It's something that has fascinated me since my very first viewing 7 years ago, but it seems to be a point that not a lot of critics have picked up on. Perhaps it wasn't so unusual after all!

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