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Gold Diggers of 1933 is an American musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with choreography by Busby Berkeley.[1] It stars Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon and Dick Powell. The story is based on the very successful Technicolor musical comedy Gold Diggers of Broadway, which had been the biggest box office hit of 1929. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
Mervyn LeRoy (October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and sometime actor. ...
This article is about Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers. ...
James Seymour (1702 –1752) was a British painter, widely recognized for his equestrian art. ...
Warren William (2 December 1894 - 24 September 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota. ...
Blondell in Nightmare Alley (1947) Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 - December 25, 1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ...
Aline MacMahon was a Jewish-American actress, who was born Aline Laveen MacMahon in McKeesport, Pennsylvania on May 3, 1899, but raised in New York City. ...
Ruby Keeler Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1909 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. ...
Starting as a film editor at age 17, George Amy (1903 - 1986) found his niche at Warner Brothers in the 1930s. ...
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May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ...
Mervyn LeRoy (October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and sometime actor. ...
Kaleidoscopic Choreography from Footlight Parade, 1933 Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. ...
Ruby Keeler Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1909 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. ...
Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. ...
Blondell in Nightmare Alley (1947) Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 - December 25, 1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ...
Aline MacMahon was a Jewish-American actress, who was born Aline Laveen MacMahon in McKeesport, Pennsylvania on May 3, 1899, but raised in New York City. ...
Richard Ewing Dick Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, and director. ...
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Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. The central characters are four aspiring actresses: Polly the ingenue (Keeler), Carol the torch singer (Blondell), Trixie the comedienne (MacMahon) and Fay the glamourpuss (Rogers). The film was made in 1933 at the nadir of the Great Depression and contains numerous direct references to it. Ingenue is a stock character in literature, film and theatre. ...
A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ...
The film begins with a rehearsal for a stage show featuring the song "We're in the Money" (sung by Rogers), which is subsequently broken up by the producer's creditors who close down the theatre due to unpaid bills. The Gold Diggers Song (Were in the Money) is a song from the 1933 film Gold Diggers of 1933, sung in the opening sequence by Ginger Rogers and chorus. ...
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At the unglamorous apartment shared by three of the four starlets (Polly, Carol, and Trixie), the producer, Barney Hopkins (Ned Sparks), is in despair. Then he encounters Brad Roberts (Powell), their neighbour, and lover of Polly. Brad is a brilliant composer and singer and has not only written music for a show, but also provides Hopkins with $15,000 in cash to support it. Ned Sparks (November 19, 1883 - April 3, 1957), was a Canadian actor. ...
The show goes into production, but the girls are suspicious that Brad must be a criminal since he is cagey about his past. It transpires, however, that he is in fact a millionaire's son whose family does not want him associating with the theatre. Brad is then forced to play the lead role on stage when the original actor drops out (and we see an extremely suggestive-for-its-time musical number, "Petting in the Park", featuring a lecherous midget played by Billy Barty). Because of the resulting publicity, Brad's brother, J. Lawrence Bradford (Warren William) and the family lawyer, Fanuel H. Peabody (Guy Kibbee) discover what he is doing, and arrive in New York to prevent him from being seduced by "gold diggers." Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an American film actor. ...
Warren William (2 December 1894 - 24 September 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota. ...
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Lawrence however mistakenly assumes that Carol is actually Polly, his brother's fiancée, and his heavy-handed effort to dissuade the "cheap and vulgar" showgirl from marrying Brad by buying her off annoys her so much that she goes along with the gag in order to eventually pull the rug out from under him. Trixie meanwhile targets Fanuel as the perfect rich sap ripe for exploitation. But what starts as gold-digging turns into something else, and when the dust settles, Carol and Lawrence are in love and Trixie marries Fanuel, while Brad is free to marry Polly after all. All the "gold diggers" (except Fay) therefore end up married to wealthy men.
The film concludes with Brad singing "Shadow Waltz", followed by Carol singing "Remember My Forgotten Man" a song about the poor treatment of war veterans, in a set that depicts the poverty of the Depression.
Spoilers end here.
Musical sequences The film contains four song and dance sequences choregraphed by Busby Berkeley.
"We're in the Money" is sung by Ginger Rogers accompanied by scantily-clad showgirls dancing with giant coins. Rogers sings one verse in Pig Latin. Pig Latin is a language game primarily used in English. ...
"Pettin' in the Park" is sung by Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell. It includes a tap dance from Keeler and a surreal sequence featuring dwarf actor Billy Barty as a baby who escapes from his stroller. The American style of rhythmic foot stomping known as tap dance was born in the United States during the 19th century, and today is popular all around the world. ...
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Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an American film actor. ...
"The Shadow Waltz" is sung by Powell and Keeler. It features a dance by Keeler, Rogers, and many female violinists with neon-tubed violins that glow in the dark.
"Remember My Forgotten Man" (sung by Joan Blondell and Etta Moten) features sets influenced by German Expressionism and a gritty evocation of Depression-era poverty. Blondell in Nightmare Alley (1947) Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 - December 25, 1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ...
Etta Moten Barnett, contralto, (November 5, 1901 - January 2, 2004) was an African American actress and singer. ...
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Cast Warren William (2 December 1894 - 24 September 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota. ...
Blondell in Nightmare Alley (1947) Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 - December 25, 1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ...
Aline MacMahon was a Jewish-American actress, who was born Aline Laveen MacMahon in McKeesport, Pennsylvania on May 3, 1899, but raised in New York City. ...
Ruby Keeler Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1909 - February 28, 1993), was an actress, singer, and dancer. ...
Richard Ewing Dick Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, and director. ...
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Ned Sparks (November 19, 1883 - April 3, 1957), was a Canadian actor. ...
Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. ...
Awards Nominations - Academy Awards: Oscar; Best Sound, Recording, Nathan Levinson (sound director); 1934.
Other distinguishments Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
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