Gold Diggers of 1933

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film musical film pre-Code Hollywood film

Gold Diggers of 1933 is a classic pre-Code Hollywood musical film renowned for its lavish Busby Berkeley production numbers and satirical take on Depression-era life.

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Gold Diggers film series 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
pre-Code Hollywood film ⓘ
basedOn The Gold Diggers ⓘ
The Gold Diggers play by Avery Hopwood ⓘ
choreographer Busby Berkeley ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sol Polito ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy George Amy ⓘ
featuresSong Pettin’ in the Park ⓘ
Remember My Forgotten Man ⓘ
The Shadow Waltz ⓘ
We’re in the Money ⓘ
filmColorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
filmSeries Gold Diggers of 1933 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gold Diggers film series
followedBy Gold Diggers of 1935 ⓘ
follows The Gold Diggers ⓘ
surface form: Gold Diggers of Broadway
genre comedy ⓘ
musical ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
lyricsBy Al Dubin ⓘ
motionPictureRating pre-Code (no Production Code seal) ⓘ
musicBy Harry Warren ⓘ
notableFor Busby Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Busby Berkeley musical numbers
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays showgirls during the Great Depression ⓘ
producer Hal B. Wallis ⓘ
Jack Warner ⓘ
surface form: Jack L. Warner
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1933-05-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1933 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 97 ⓘ
screenwriter David Boehm ⓘ
Erwin Gelsey ⓘ
James Seymour ⓘ
setDuring Great Depression ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
stars Aline MacMahon ⓘ
Dick Powell ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Guy Kibbee ⓘ
Joan Blondell ⓘ
Ned Sparks ⓘ
Ruby Keeler ⓘ
Warren William ⓘ
theme Depression-era economic hardship ⓘ
backstage musical ⓘ

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Mervyn LeRoy → directed → Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ
Gold Diggers of 1933 → filmSeries → Gold Diggers of 1933 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gold Diggers film series
Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ
Mervyn LeRoy → notableWork → Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ