The Gold Diggers of Broadway1929 is an All-Talking musical comedy that was photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second All-Color talkie (the first was "On With The Show" 1929). This film was so popular that it quickly became the top grossing film of all time in 1929 and held this record until 1939. Unfortunately the entire film is no longer extant. It is known to have played in theatres as late as 1939, but seems to have disappeared shortly thereafter. Today, only two reels are known to exist, along with a small fragment that was recently found. The soundtrack was recorded on Vitaphone disks and thus survuves intact. In the surviving soundtrack portion of the film, we meet a group of man hungry Gold-Digging showgirls: the sly (Nancy Welford), the snob (Lillian Tashman), the screwy (Gertrude Short) and the comedic show-off (Winnie Lightner). Add to this a wealthy lawyer (Albert Gran), and an angry Uncle (Conway Tearle) and his Nephew (William Bakewell) who has an eye for a blonde showgirl. Nick Lucas sings two songs that became huge hits in 1929: ‘Painting the Clouds with Sunshine' and ‘Tiptoe Thru the Tulips'. Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893 - April 27, 1961) was a Hollywood film director. ... Avery Hopwood (1882 - 1928) was an American playwright who wrote farces such as Getting Gerties Garter (1927). ... William Edgar Holmes was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Warner Bros. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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This film was so popular at the time that it was one of the first films to gain revenue from people coming back for a second screening. Its impact at the time can be judged by the American gross of 3.5 Million Dollars (unadjusted to today's inflation!). It is a loss to film history that there is no complete print in existence, but what does survive sparkles far in advance of many other films in the dawn of sound.
Cast
Left to Right: Winnie Lightner, Ann Pennington, Nancy Welford and Lilyan Tashman.
GoldDiggers of 1933 is one of his, and one of the classics from a certain era of cinema, with Busby's hallmark style shining through.
GoldDiggers of 1933 has some of the most outlandish of these, as does one of the later remakes, GoldDiggers of 1935 (not to mention GoldDiggers of 1937).
GoldDiggers of 1933 is a classic example of a film style that cinema left behind, and that can be looked back at with interest.
The first important deal for the company was the acquisition of the rights to Avery Hopwood's 1919 Broadway play The GoldDiggers from theatrical impresario David Belasco.
GoldDiggers of Broadway was a huge hit for Warner Brothers in 1929 and quickly became the highest grossing film of all-time, only to be superseded in 1939 by Gone With the Wind.
This was followed by GoldDiggers of Broadway (1929) which proved to be the most popular film of that year.
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