Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) - film review

Comedy / Musical / Romance

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Gold Diggers of 1937 is an American comedy romance film first released in 1936, directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley. The film stars Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Victor Moore and Lee Dixon. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley
Script: Richard Maibaum, Michael Wallace, George Haight, Warren Duff
Music: Heinz Roemheld
Cast: Dick Powell (Rosmer ’Rossi’ Peck), Joan Blondell (Norma Perry), Glenda Farrell (Genevieve ’Gen’ Larkin), Victor Moore (J. J. Hobart), Lee Dixon (Boop Oglethorpe), Osgood Perkins (Morty Wethered), Charles D. Brown (Mr. Tom Hugo), Rosalind Marquis (Sally LaVerne), Irene Ware (Irene (Sally’s pal)), William B. Davidson (Andy Callahan), Olin Howland (Dr. MacDuffy), Charles Halton (Dr. Bell), Paul Irving (Dr. Warshof), Harry C. Bradley (Dr. Henry), Joseph Crehan (Chairman at insurance convention), Susan Fleming (Lucille Bailey (Hobart’s secretary)), George Beranger (Pawnshop proprietor (scenes deleted)), Antonio Filauri (Chef (scenes deleted)), Harrison Greene (Creditor (scenes deleted)), Gordon Hart (White (scenes deleted)), Max Hoffman Jr. (Salesman (scenes deleted)), Selmer Jackson (Speculator (scenes deleted)), Frances Morris (Hospital telephone operator (scenes deleted)), Jack Mower (Bartender (scenes deleted)), Cliff Saum (Conductor (scenes deleted)), George Sorel (Costumer (scenes deleted)), Bobby Watson (Salesman (scenes deleted)), Iris Adrian (Verna (in the fur coat)), Loretta Andrews (Chorus girl), William Arnold (Salesman), Sheila Bromley (Chorus girl), Mary Cassidy (Chorus Girl), Irene Coleman (Chorus girl), Joe Cunningham (Salesman on train), Virginia Dabney (Chorus girl), Sheila Darcy (Chorus girl), Dudley Dickerson (Porter calling passengers to dinner), Don Downen (Elevator eperator), Ruth Eddings (Chorus girl), Frank Faylen (Man shaving on train), Eddie Fetherston (Salesman on train), Eddie Foster (Salesman at station), Harry Harvey (Salesman on train), Arthur Stuart Hull (Gent), Bobby Jarvis (Stage manager), John Lester Johnson (Driver), Naomi Judge (Chorus girl), Lucille Keeling (Chorus girl), Milton Kibbee (Milt (electrician)), Lois Lindsay (Chorus girl), Shirley Lloyd (Chorus girl), Betty Mack (Chorus girl), Miriam Marlin (Chorus girl), Jane Marshall (Chorus girl), Carl McBride (Dance director), Betty McIvor (Chorus girl), Edmund Mortimer (Extra in Hobart’s office), Louis Natheaux (Salesman on train), David Newell (Salesman at the meeting), Jack Norton (Singing drunk at party), Wedgwood Nowell (Penfield), Tom Ricketts (Reginald (old man)), Ronald R. Rondell (Salesman on train), Jacqueline Saunders (Nurse), Louise Stanley (Probationer), Myrtle Stedman (Nurse), Charles Sylber (Drunk at party), Fred ’Snowflake’ Toones (Snowflake (bootblack)), Victoria Vinton (Chorus girl), William Wayne (Salesman on train), Marjorie Weaver (Chorus girl), Pat West (Drunken salesman), Tom Wilson (Baggage man), Eric Wilton (Butler at party), Jane Wyman (Chorus girl)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 101 min; B&W

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