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Staring:
Warren William,
Joan Blondell,
Aline MacMahon,
Ruby Keeler,
Dick Powell
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $25.00
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301969260
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 630196926X
Label: Fox Home Entertainme
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainme
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainme
Release Date: 1993-07-21
Running Time: 96
Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
Theatrical Release Date: 1933-05-27 |
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Nice and Classic Thirties' Musical, 2010-06-21
As a Ginger Rogers fan I bought this movie because it featured a cameo of Ginger Rogers in different scenes as the girl who tries to steal away another girl's great catch. So even though her parts are rather short and brief in the film, I found the movie to be enjoyable as a very classic thirties' musical. There are quite a few double entendre scenes throughout it. But the main plot is centered around a group of girls who are trying to earn a living on Broadway during the Depression. The opening scene has some very clever choreography with gold coins as the theme. And then the closing scene has a very good message in advocating for the " Forgotten Man" which is a reference to all the men who were sent off to World War I and then are now starving with their only relief being found in some sparse bread lines. The movie can seem a little longish, however, it is pleasant and enjoyable. I recommend it for a nice evening.
Pettin' in the Park - Indeed!, 2010-05-09
Great. Just great.
Forget the cliched plot (We're puttin' on a show!) and rather wooden acting.
The production numbers make this.
Oddly, for this type of musical, it opens with a big production number (We're in the Money) rather than saving it for the end. Ginger Rogers is great here. Check out the Pig-Latin lyrics. :-)
The mistaken identity sub-plot is amusing. Joan Blondell shines here.
And the "Forgotten Man" number is stunning - poignant, meaningful, and not at all dated. Etta Moten (why isn't she more famous?) nails it.
Superb.
Harry Warren - Musical Genius of the 20th Century!, 2008-10-12
It's easy to overlook the genius of the composer of all this wonderful music, Harry Warren. We are so hypnotized by all the wonderful choreography of the genius of Busby Berkeley, that we forget that if it weren't for the music in this film, there would be nothing to choreograph! Harry Warren went on from "42nd Street" to "Footlight Parade" and other films in the early 1930s to compose the music for an impressive array of films into the 1960s. His list of hits are staggering--42 top ten hits (21 made it to #1, and 14 reached the #2 spot), the most hits for any composer of his generation--and he was writing music at the time when the likes of Cole Porter, Richard Rogers, Irving Berlin, and Jerome Kern (among many, many others) were at their creative heights! "Golddiggers of 1933" is a wonderful film, due in large measure to BOTH geniuses--one Busby Berkeley, and one HARRY WARREN!
What a Dolly, 2010-04-19
Ginger Rogers in her "hey" day, the talent and natual beauty shines through in this movie. The glisten of the outfits that she wears are not to be out done in her smile and beautiful eyes especially in the close ups she looks just like a beautiful dolly, that you want to hug and hold close to your heart! The "Pig Latin" song of 'In the Money' is exceptional, Ginger is no hoofer, she got a gift that is so rare, and they don't make em any better.
Mining The Great Depression For Fun And Profit!, 2010-03-24
What a surprise this film was! Flashy, funny, historical, with song and dance bits that'd make Bollywood jealous. A cornucopia of Golden Age Hollywood's megastars strutting their leggy stuff in machinations straight out of soap opera heaven. And if you think the 1930s can't be sexy, just check it out! I watched Gold Diggers of 1933 with a good friend who said the scene where the chicks undressed nips-out while silhouetted behind the curtain raised by that creepy, psychotic baby gave him a solid twenty-first century erection, which is high praise indeed! (I betcha plenty of men in the '30s went to the theaters to see this wearing trench coats with extra deep pockets, if you know what I mean.) Gold Diggers of 1933 had toe tapping songs, likable characters, tons of exposed skin, gals that made up in gams what they lacked in melons, and good-natured swindling of randy men that'd do any modern ne'er-do-well proud. A true cinematic classic! Pennies may not come from Heaven anymore, but you can still pretend they do with this charming trip down Libido Lane!
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