Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Director:

Busby Berkeley

Writers:

Robert Lord (story)
Peter Milne (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 March 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. Prentiss...

Plot Keywords:

Millionaire | Piano | Cheat | Scandal | Stage Performance

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Dick Powell	...	Dick Curtis
Adolphe Menjou	...	Nicoleff
Gloria Stuart	...	Ann Prentiss
Alice Brady	...	Mrs. Prentiss
Hugh Herbert	...	T. Mosley Thorpe
Glenda Farrell	...	Betty Hawes
Frank McHugh	...	Humbolt Prentiss
Joseph Cawthorn	...	Schultz
Grant Mitchell	...	Louis Lamson
Dorothy Dare	...	Arline Davis
Wini Shaw	...	Winny (as Winifred Shaw)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Vitaphone

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #580) | Australia:G

Company:

First National Pictures

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the scene where many people pay 25 dollars each for tickets to the charity musical (59:10 into the film) the money being paid is very clearly in pesos. In fact, each of the top bills clearly states 'Vente Pesos' and are obviously not American bills. Yet, all the dialog keeps referring to 'dollars' and there is no indication that Lake Waxapahachie, where the resort is located, is anything but an American resort.

Movie Connections:

Featured in You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Shadows of Yesterday's Stars

of course the plot is trite

Who cares if this plot has been seen before, and/or how many times? There is pure magic in this film, and the magic is the production number, "LULLABY OF Broadway". This picture deserves classic status for that number. It starts with the very affecting voice of a woman singing right to the audience. We are treated to an elderly Fred-and-Ginger type of dancing which, in spite of the ages of the dancers, is one of the smoothest, slickest, thrillingly romantic dance sequences you'll ever see. Then there is the tippy, tappy magic of ALL those dancers, tapping their way onto the screen. There is no better production number ever to appear in any movie. (I am allowed exaggeration; I am Sicilian). Do yourself a great favor and see this dance number.