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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

UNRATED 97 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Musical  -   27 May 1933 (USA)
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Millionaire turned composer Dick Powell rescues unemployed Broadway people with a new play.

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers:

Erwin S. Gelsey (screenplay), James Seymour (screenplay), and 3 more credits »

Stars:

Warren William, Joan Blondell and Aline MacMahon
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Warren William Warren William ...
Lawrence
Joan Blondell ...
Carol
Aline MacMahon Aline MacMahon ...
Trixie
Ruby Keeler ...
Polly
Dick Powell ...
Brad
Guy Kibbee Guy Kibbee ...
Peabody
Ned Sparks Ned Sparks ...
Barney
Ginger Rogers ...
Fay
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Storyline

Barney Hopkins is producing a new show on Broadway, but the day before it opens, the set and costumes are confiscated due to unpaid bills. Everybody is sitting in the street, and due to the Depression, there is no work for the three chorus girls Carol, Trixie and Polly. But they hear rumors that Barney is producing a new show. They talk to him, and he promises to give them work - when he finds a backer to produce the new show. Barney hears the tunes of the composer next door, Brad Roberts, Polly's friend. Brad joins them and agrees to back the show. On opening night Brad takes over for the juvenile lead, who is suffering from lumbago. Brad has been very publicity-shy, because he is a member of an upper-class wealthy Boston family. When his family hears what he is doing, his brother Lawrence and the family attorney Peabody come to New York, to end his relationship with Polly. But Lawrence mistakes Carol for Polly... Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

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Composer | Chorus Girl | Bitch | Newspaper Headline | Scheme  | See more »

Taglines:

REVEL IN THESE MIGHT SPECTACLES -- "The Parade of the Gold Diggers" "The Stairway to the Stars" "The Flower Garden of Girls" "The Ballet of the Snows" "The Dance of the Singing Violins" "The Pageant of the Forgotten Man" See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

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Filming Locations:

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

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Budget:

$433,000 (estimated)
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Warner Bros. Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists for this movie were not seen in the final print. These were (with their character names): Neely Edwards (Stage Manager), Lilyan Tashman (Eleanor), Louise Beavers (Maid), William Bakewell (Wally), Julia Swayne Gordon (Cissy Grey), Gertrude Short (Topsy), Albert Gran (Blake) and Conway Tearle (Stephen Lee). See more »

Goofs

Continuity: At 1:18 into film Lawrence (Warren William) is on his bed with an ice pack, Peabody (Guy Kibbee) sitting next to him. Lawrence gets up and undoes the sash of his robe, but in the very next shot the sash is completely tied, as it had been before. See more »

Quotes

Barney Hopkins: Who are you?
The Kentucky Hillbillies: The Kentucky Hillbillies.
Barney Hopkins: Who?
The Kentucky Hillbillies: The Kentucky Hillbillies.
Kentucky Hillbilly #1: Singing!
Kentucky Hillbilly #2: Dancing!
Kentucky Hillbilly #3: Music!
Kentucky Hillbilly #4: Wisecracks!
Barney Hopkins: Do you know Your Old Kentucky Home?
The Kentucky Hillbillies: You said it!
[...]
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Connections

Referenced in King Kong (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Pettin' in the Park"
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Performed by Ruby Keeler and Clarence Nordstrom in rehearsal, Dick Powell,
Ruby Keeler, Aline MacMahon, Billy Barty and chorus in the show See more »