Stephen lee doesnt want his nephew wally sanders to marry chorus girl violet dayne, because he believes all chorus girls to be ruthless gold diggers, always chasing after the mens money. This 1929 musical, shot in an early technicolor process, is a mostly lost film. Only bits have survived of the twostrip technicolor alltalking featurelength moviemore. The gold diggers song from 42nd street sheet music in.
The gold diggers of broadway with nancy welford, conway tearle, winnie lightner, ann pennington, lillyan tashman, william bakewell, nick lucas, helen foster, albert gran, gertrude short, neely edwards, julia swayne gordon, lee moran and armand kaliz. Gold diggers of 1937 movie trailer and videos tv guide. The group was formed in 1968, dissolved in 1992, and reorganized in 2007, and has numbered between four and members over various time periods. Gold diggers of broadway overture by vitaphone project. Alls fair in love and war is the big finalebut ultimately the viewer is left with the feeling that this has all been done before and with better results in previous gold digger films. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. That film, gold diggers of broadway, which starred nancy welford and conway tearle, was the biggest box office hit of that year, and gold diggers of 1933 was one of the topgrossing films of 1933. Genre gold diggers overture 1929 comment by charles slater 2. Scenes from gold diggers of broadway 1929 lost color. Gold diggers of broadway is a 1929 american precode musical comedy film directed by roy del ruth and starring winnie lightner and nick lucas.
The lullaby of broadway and the second, the musical number involving about a hundred pianos moving in synchronization on a vast stage. Here is a rare soundtrackthe opening 18 minutes of gold diggers of broadway, a lost film from 1929. Before gold diggers of 1933 there were two previous film versions of the play. Previously filmed in 1923, avery hopwoods 1920 comedy the gold diggers was resurrected in 1929 as the technicolor musical gold diggers of broadway. Lullaby of broadway excerpt busby berkeley youtube. It was the second film ever to feature both color and voices through its entire running time, the first being on with the show. Powell then discovers, is an old man who could kick the bucket at any given moment. Gold diggers of broadway 1929 trailer audio only youtube. This as far as we know is the apex of the series, though one dreams about gold diggers of broadway. Desert song, as well as gold diggers of broadway, which established the studios cottage industry of gold diggers pictures and also unveiled the pop standard tiptoe through the tulips. Unfortunate, this clip isnt as a new discovery as fairly low quality version of the full 10 minute sequence can be found on youtube.
The final surviving reel of gold diggers of broadway 1929 in 2color technicolor. Broadway television theatre the gold diggers tv episode. Watch gold diggers of 1937 movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Stuffy stephen lee conway tearle shows up to rescue his. Wealthy songwriter brad dick powell saves the day by funding a new depressionthemed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy highsociety brother finds out and threatens to disown brad, carol and her golddigging friends scheme to keep the. Most earnest emoting in the film is done by dick powell who breezed through his warner musicals with confidence and charm. The colours though muted still look fantastic and there is tremendous energy and life in the dancers. After 1933 warner brothers made three further movies on the same theme. I only watched half the movie, and even that half was skipping thru it. I found 42nd street and golddiggers of 1933 the betterstructured of the stories from this collection.
In this version of avery hopwoods theatrical warhorse the golddiggers of broadway, showgirls joan blondell, ruby keeler, and aline mcmahon attempt to find. Gold diggers of broadway 1929 trailer audio only night of the trailers. As a reward for services rendered as a choreographer, busby berkeley was promoted to the directors chair for gold diggers of 1935. Gold diggers of broadway is a 1929 american precode musical comedy film directed by roy. A tenth disc includes repeats from 42nd street and the golddigger movies, but it also includes choreographies from films not in this collection, such as lady in red, one of my favorite numbers. Moreover, it has a high amount of celebrity burials and interments in. Gold diggers of broadway pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released gold diggers of broadway pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. I chose the best first i had already seen 42nd street, and gold diggers of 1933its hard not to get charged up right at the beginning listening to were in the money. I am wondering, would the disc have originally been played on the vitaphone unit coupled to the film projector or on a seperate non sync turntable capable of play 16inch 33. The gold diggers original, play, comedy, broadway opened in new york city sep 30, 1919 and played through jun 18, 1921. This second musical in the gold diggers series is vastly entertaining due to busby berkeleys production numbers, including the oscarwinning song lullaby of broadway. In this version of avery hopwoods theatrical warhorse the golddiggers of broadway, showgirls joan blondell, ruby keeler, and aline mcmahon attempt to find financial backing for the new show. Gold diggers of broadway soundtrack lost film of 1929.
Watch broadway television theatre season 2, episode 16 the gold diggers. Broadwayske kopacice zlata je americki filmski mjuzikl snimljen 1929. These were not the original gold diggers of broadway fame, but rather the girls who portrayed them in the movies. Nancy welford blew me away with her charm when singing the song of the gold diggers in the finale. The pedestrian storyline concerns a fancy new england hotel. Gelsey, with additional dialogue by david boehm and ben markson. Nancy welford, winnie lightner and ann pennington stars as jerry, mable and ann, three chorus girls who try to entice a wealthy backer to put his money in their cashpoor broadway show. Scenes from gold diggers of broadway 1929 lost color musical. Theres also a sixth dvd about busby berkley including highlights of his films, those here and also fashions of 1934, wonder bar, in caliente, and gold diggers of 1937.
The vitaphone site labelled the clip of the two girls as from gold diggers of broadway. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c major. As a bw print exists of on with the show exists and matches, it can be determined that this shot is from that film. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
Heres another favorite, the massive tap sequence from the 12 minute production number lullaby of broadway from gold diggers of 1935. A group of chorus girls try to entice a wealthy backer to put his money into their cash poor broadway show. Stuffy stephen lee conway tearle shows up to rescue his brother wally william bakewell from the heroines clutches, only to. Green, stanley 1999 hollywood musicals year by year 2nd ed. The sets, costumes, and music are so glamorous and beautiful, and they are truly two of the best musical numbers ive ever seen. Many of these ladies danced as the goldwyn and ziegfeld girls as well as other musicals and movies in the 1920s to 1940s. The busby berkeley collection footlight parade gold. Gold diggers of broadway is a 1929 american musical comedy film directed by roy del ruth and starring winnie lightner and nick lucas. The golddiggers was a female singing and dancing troupe that performed in the style of las vegas showgirls. The finale is a reprise of most of the featured songs that were in the film. With hope hampton, wyndham standing, louise fazenda, gertrude short. Gold diggers of 1933 was a rowdy romantic comedy punctuated by innovative musical numbers. Starring winnie lightner, william bakewell, conway tearle, and nancy welford. Westwood village memorial park hometowns to hollywood.
Things get tough for carol joan blondell and her showgirl pals when the great depression kicks in and all the broadway shows close down. This version of hopwoods play was written by james seymour and erwin s. Gold diggers of broadway was a series of musical numbers and any true cinematic musical number was innovative in 1929 punctuated by a rowdy romantic comedy. Gold diggers of broadway 1929 gold diggers of broadway. Gold diggers of broadway 1929 roy del ruth synopsis. The busby berkeley collection footlight parade gold diggers of 1933 dames gold diggers of 1935 42nd street joan blondell. Previous all episodes 73 next man doesnt want his nephew to marry a chorus girl, because he believes all chorus girls are ruthless gold diggers, chasing after a mans money. This is certainly not as good as the bestknown gold diggers movies, no doubt for a variety of reasons. Other articles where gold diggers of broadway is discussed. Watch the front row gold diggers of 1935 the new yorker. Hello the reason why many of the early sound technicolor musicals no longer exist is heartbreaking. This small location tucked away behind several buildings is the resting place of some of the entertainment industrys greatest names.
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