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Gold Diggers of 1933

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 37m
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7.7/10
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Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
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ComedyDramaMusical

A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.

  • Director
    • Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writers
    • Erwin Gelsey
    • James Seymour
    • David Boehm
  • Stars
    • Warren William
    • Joan Blondell
    • Aline MacMahon
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    8.8K
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    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • Erwin Gelsey
      • James Seymour
      • David Boehm
    • Stars
      • Warren William
      • Joan Blondell
      • Aline MacMahon
    • 94User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Joan Blondell, Ginger Rogers, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Ned Sparks, Warren William, and Millie Walters in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Aline MacMahon, and Dick Powell in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Billy Barty, Margaret Cathew, Gloria Faythe, June Gittelson, June Glory, Theresa Harris, Clarence Nordstrom, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Billy West, Kathy Cunningham, and Patricia Douglas in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Ruby Keeler in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Guy Kibbee and Aline MacMahon in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Fred Kelsey, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, and Warren William in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Ginger Rogers in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Ned Sparks, and Tammany Young in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Virginia Dabney in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Ginger Rogers, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Ned Sparks, and Warren William in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Cynthia Lindsay in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Ginger Rogers in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

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    Warren William
    Warren William
    • J. Lawrence Bradford
    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    • Carol King
    Aline MacMahon
    Aline MacMahon
    • Trixie Lorraine
    Ruby Keeler
    Ruby Keeler
    • Polly Parker
    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    • Brad Roberts
    Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    • Faneul H. Peabody
    Ned Sparks
    Ned Sparks
    • Barney Hopkins
    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Fay Fortune
    Robert Agnew
    Robert Agnew
    • Dance Director
    • (uncredited)
    Loretta Andrews
    Loretta Andrews
    • Gold Digger
    • (uncredited)
    Monica Bannister
    Monica Bannister
    • Gold Digger
    • (uncredited)
    Bonnie Bannon
    Bonnie Bannon
    • Gold Digger
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay
    • Gold Digger
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Barty
    Billy Barty
    • Baby in 'Pettin' in the Park' Number
    • (uncredited)
    Busby Berkeley
    Busby Berkeley
    • Call Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Bonnie Blackwood
    Bonnie Blackwood
    • Chorus girl
    • (uncredited)
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Complaining Club Member
    • (uncredited)
    Audrene Brier
    Audrene Brier
    • Gold Digger
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • Erwin Gelsey
      • James Seymour
      • David Boehm
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      At 5:55 PM PST on March 10, 1933, the Long Beach earthquake hit southern California, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale. When the earthquake hit, Busby Berkeley was filming the "Shadow Waltz" dance sequence on a sound stage on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank. The earthquake caused a blackout on the sound stage and short-circuited some of the neon-tubed violins. Berkeley was almost thrown from a camera boom and dangled by one hand until he could pull himself back up. Since many of the chorus girls in the dance number were on a 30-foot-high scaffold, Berkeley yelled for them to sit down and wait until the stage hands and technicians could open the sound stage doors and let in some light.
    • Goofs
      When Brad plays piano for Mr. Hopkins, his fingers don't match the sound of the piano.
    • Quotes

      J. Lawrence Bradford: Every time you say 'Cheap and Vulgar' I'm going to kiss you.

      Carol King: Cheap and Vulgar!

      [kiss]

      Carol King: Cheap and Vulgar!

      [kiss]

      Carol King: Cheap and Vulgar!

      [long kiss]

    • Connections
      Edited into Busby Berkeley and the Gold Diggers (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)
      (uncredited)

      Music by Harry Warren

      Lyrics by Al Dubin

      Played during the opening credits and often in the score

      Performed by Ginger Rogers (in English and Pig-Latin) and chorus

      Played also as dance music by a band

    User reviews94

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    ereway inay the oneymay!!
    I've heard of this movie for years, but didn't actually see it until last week when Turner Classic Movies ran it. And it is positively stunning!! On the surface, it moves almost like a carbon copy of 42ND STREET- right up to the last-minute switch in players before the curtain goes up (although in this film, it's Dick Powell instead of Ruby Keeler). But its astringent look at trying to play Tin Pan Alley smack in the middle of the Depression gives it a very adult and tragic significance. It still has the Berkley dazzle- from the "Shadow Waltz" chorus girls (and electric violins) to the now-legendary "We're In The Money" dress rehearsal fronted by a pre-Astaire Ginger Rogers. (I was a teenager when my mother mentioned that one verse of this song was actually sung in Pig Latin- and I swore for twenty-five years that she was pulling my chain. It is one of the cleverest vocal interludes I've ever seen and heard.) But the three girls implied in the film's title- Ruby Keeler, Aline McMahon, and especially the sharp, smart, and gorgeous Joan Blondell- are the best things in the movie. And Blondell fronts the sublime finale number "Forgotten Man-" which pays tribute to the men (and women) of WWI and the ironies which followed. The staging of it- the marching which goes from triumphant to tragic, the torchy, gospel-like vocal of Etta Moten (the black woman sitting in the window), and the pullback shot of everyone coming downstage at the fadeout- is truly spectacular.
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    • movibuf1962
    • Oct 31, 2003

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Golddiggers of 1933
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • $433,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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