Gold Diggers of 1935
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Gold Diggers of 1935 is an American musical film directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, his first time as a film's overall director. It stars Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh, and features Joseph Cawthorn, Grant Mitchell, Dorothy Dare, and Winifred Shaw. The songs were written by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film is best known for its famous "Lullaby of Broadway" production number. That song, sung by Shaw, also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The screenplay was by Manuel Seff and Peter Milne, based on a story by Robert Lord, who also produced the film, and Milne.
Gold Diggers of 1935 | |
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Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
Screenplay by | Manuel Seff Peter Milne |
Story by | Robert Lord Peter Milne |
Produced by | Robert Lord |
Starring | Dick Powell Adolphe Menjou Gloria Stuart Alice Brady Hugh Herbert Glenda Farrell Frank McHugh |
Cinematography | George Barnes |
Edited by | George Amy |
Music by | Songs: Harry Warren (music) Al Dubin (lyrics) |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $567,000[2] |
Box office | $1,365,000[2] |
The movie was the fourth in the Gold Diggers series of films, after the silent film The Gold Diggers (1923), the partially lost "talkie" Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). The first three films, all financially successful, had all been based on the 1919 play The Gold Diggers; Gold Diggers of 1935 was the first one based on a wholly original story. It was followed by Gold Diggers of 1937 and Gold Diggers in Paris.