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Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Writers:
Erwin S. Gelsey (screenplay)
James Seymour (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 May 1933 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Musical See more »
Tagline:
The Biggest Show On Earth! See more »
Plot:
Millionaire turned composer Dick Powell rescues unemployed Broadway people with a new play. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win See more »
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Notebook's 4th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2011
 (From MUBI. 5 January 2012, 12:58 PM, PST)
Forgotten Pre-Codes: "Take a Chance" (1933)
 (From MUBI. 21 December 2011, 11:33 PM, PST)
MGM musicals: All singing, all dancing
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 10 November 2011, 4:06 PM, PST)
User Reviews:
Superb--one of the 3 best 30s musicals.... See more (61 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Warren William ... Lawrence

Joan Blondell ... Carol
Aline MacMahon ... Trixie

Ruby Keeler ... Polly

Dick Powell ... Brad
Guy Kibbee ... Peabody
Ned Sparks ... Barney

Ginger Rogers ... Fay
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Agnew ... Dance Director (uncredited)
Loretta Andrews ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Monica Bannister ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Joan Barclay ... Gold Digger (uncredited)

Billy Barty ... Baby in 'Pettin' in the Park' Number (uncredited)

Busby Berkeley ... Call Boy (uncredited)
Audrene Brier ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Lynn Browning ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Edna Callahan ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Maxine Cantway ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Margaret Cathew ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Dog Salesman (uncredited)
Kathy Cunningham ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Mildred Dixon ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Patricia Douglas ... Dancer (uncredited)
Shirley Dunstead ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Jay Eaton ... Diner (uncredited)
Bill Elliott ... Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Gloria Faythe ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
June Glory ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Sam Godfrey ... Society Reporter (uncredited)
Muriel Gordon ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Ferdinand Gottschalk ... Clubman (uncredited)
Ebba Hally ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Theresa Harris ... Woman in Couple (uncredited)
Grace Hayle ... Society Reporter (uncredited)
Sterling Holloway ... Second Messenger Boy with Hat (uncredited)
Ann Hovey ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Amo Ingraham ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Alice Jans ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Detective Jones (uncredited)

Charles Lane ... Society Reporter (uncredited)
Lorena Layson ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Cynthia Lindsay ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald ... Stage Manager (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... Society Reporter (uncredited)
Mae Madison ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Frank Mills ... The Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Etta Moten ... Remember My Forgotten Man Singer (uncredited)
Clarence Nordstrom ... Don Gordon (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe ... Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Ty Parvis ... Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Donna Mae Roberts ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Churchill Ross ... Small Blond Man (uncredited)
Jayne Shadduck ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Bee Stevens ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Anita Thomson ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones ... Man in Couple (uncredited)
Dorothy Coonan Wellman ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Billy West ... Medal Winner - 'Remember My Forgotten Man' Number (uncredited)
Dorothy White ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Renee Whitney ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson ... Deputy (uncredited)
Pat Wing ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Jack Wise ... Mystery Man with Bob at Stage Door (uncredited)

Jane Wyman ... Gold Digger (uncredited)
Tammany Young ... Gigolo Eddie (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy 
 
Writing credits
Erwin S. Gelsey (screenplay) (as Erwin Gelsey) &
James Seymour (screenplay)

David Boehm (dialogue) &
Ben Markson (dialogue)

Avery Hopwood (based on a play by)

Produced by
Robert Lord .... producer
Jack L. Warner .... producer
Raymond Griffith .... associate producer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Sol Polito (photography by)
 
Film Editing by
George Amy 
 
Art Direction by
Anton Grot 
 
Costume Design by
Orry-Kelly (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur Lueker .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Nathan Levinson .... recordist (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Joyce .... second camera (uncredited)
Buddy Longworth .... still photographer (uncredited)
Speed Mitchell .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff .... costume jeweller (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein .... conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra
Ray Heindorf .... music arranger (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Busby Berkeley .... numbers created and directed by
Robert Lord .... supervisor (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
97 min (Turner library print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Company:
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Did You Know?

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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in King Kong (2005)See more »
Soundtrack:
Remember My Forgotten ManSee more »

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37 out of 40 people found the following review useful.
Superb--one of the 3 best 30s musicals...., 21 June 2004
Author: drednm

with 42nd Street and Footlight Parade... Snappy, risqué, funny, great cast, great music. What more could you ask for? Joan Blondell, Aline McMahon, and Ruby Keeler are the gold diggers. Warren William, Dick Powell, and Guy Kibbee are their targets. Ginger Rogers is swell singing "We're in the Money" in Pig Latin. Ned Sparks, Sterling Holloway, Charles Lane, and Billy Barty are good. Great musical numbers including the opening "We're in the Money," the terrific finale "Forgotten Man" with Blondell and Etta Moten (singing in the window); "Petting in the Park" and "In a Shadow"---Powell and Keeler.... all classics. Fun all the way......

Look for Hobart Cavanaugh, Grace Hayle, Busby Berkley, Clarence Nordstrom, and one of the roller skating cops sure looks like Jack Carson.

Aline McMahon steals the show, and what a show it is!

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