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Gold Diggers of 1933 was originally to be called High Life, and George Brent was an early casting idea for the role played by Warren William. Early drafts of the screenplay focused on the sensual elements of the story, and subsequent drafts gradually began adding more of the narrative taking place behind the scenes of the show.
The Gold Diggers of 1933 certainly deserves such attention." [89] Offering more than mere depression era escapism, the musical depicts the mass unemployment of veterans of World War I and alludes to the then-recent Bonus Army protests in Washington, D.C., that were suppressed by police and U.S. Army units.
Gold Diggers of 1935 is an ... (1923), the partially lost "talkie" Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), and Gold Diggers of 1933 ... and elaborate large cast tap numbers ...
Featured Cast Genre Note The California Trail: ... Gold Diggers of 1933: Mervyn LeRoy: Warren William, Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell: Musical: Warner Bros. Golden Harvest:
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The story of The Gold Diggers was filmed again as a talkie in 1929 as Gold Diggers of Broadway, which is now lost, and also in 1933 as Gold Diggers of 1933, with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley. Three other sequels followed: Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), and Gold Diggers in Paris (1938).
Moten was cast in the Broadway show Zombie. She performed in two musical films released in 1933: Flying Down to Rio (singing "The Carioca") and a more substantial role as a war widow in the Busby Berkeley musical Gold Diggers of 1933 (singing the emotive "My Forgotten Man" with Joan Blondell).
He was frequently featured in Warner Brothers films of the 1930s, including Bureau of Missing Persons, Footlight Parade (both 1933), Dames, Fog Over Frisco, Fashions of 1934 (all 1934), and Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), as well as A Midsummer Night's Dream (also 1935), a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play.