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8.2/10   2,574 votes
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Director:
Writers:
David Boehm (dialogue)
Erwin S. Gelsey (writer)
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Release Date:
27 May 1933 (USA) more
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The Biggest Show On Earth! more
Plot:
Millionaire turned composer Dick Powell rescues unemployed Broadway people with a new play. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
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Superb--one of the 3 best 30s musicals.... more (50 total)

Cast

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Warren William ... J. Lawrence Bradford
Joan Blondell ... Carol King
Aline MacMahon ... Trixie Lorraine
Ruby Keeler ... Polly Parker
Dick Powell ... Brad Roberts (Robert Treat Bradford)
Guy Kibbee ... Fanuel H. Peabody
Ned Sparks ... Barney Hopkins

Ginger Rogers ... Fay Fortune
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Golddiggers of 1933 (USA) (alternative spelling)
High Life (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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According to the final shooting script, Gold Diggers was supposed to end with a reprise of "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)," preceded by "Shadow Waltz." "Petting in the Park" was paired with "Remember My Forgotten Man" much earlier in the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the violin sequence, the cord for the lights on the violin disappears and reappears throughout. more
Quotes:
Barney Hopkins: It's all about the Depression.
Carol King: We won't have to rehearse that.
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Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV) more
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Shadow Waltz more

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28 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
Superb--one of the 3 best 30s musicals...., 21 June 2004
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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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