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The Resource Gold diggers of 1935

Gold diggers of 1935

Label
Gold diggers of 1935
Title
Gold diggers of 1935
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The poor boy/rich girl story features Dick Powell as a desk clerk hired by once-rich Mrs. Prentiss to squire her daughter (Gloria Stuart) for one last fling before she marries wacky millionaire Hugh Herbert who meanwhile gets tangled with a real gold digger, the conniving steno, Glenda Farrell. Every musical must have a show, and so Adolphe Menjou, as a volatile Russian director, bilks Mrs. Prentiss for a bundle with his "summer spectacle." Busby Berkeley shows himself the "master of scenic prestidigitation" in two productions. In "The Words Are in My Heart" number, dozens of revolving pianos are wheeled through ingenious formations before joining to form a dance floor for a lone ballerina. But the real triumph is "The Lullaby of Broadway" where Wini Shaw's face slowly emerges from a black set as a white dot that finally fills the screen and dissolves into an aerial view of Manhattan
Cataloging source
JPL
Characteristic
motion picture
Credits note
Photography, George Barnes; art director, Anton Grot; filmeditor, George Amy; gowns, Orry-Kelly; orchestrations, Ray Heindorf; Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein; dances created and staged by Busby Berkeley. Songs: Lullaby of Broadway, The words are in my heart, I'm going shopping with you, music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin
Dewey number
791.43
PerformerNote
Dick Powell (Dick Curtis); Adolphe Menjou (Nicoleff); Gloria Stuart (Ann Prentiss); Alice Brady (Mrs. Mathilda Prentiss); Glenda Farrell (Betty Hawes); Frank McHugh (Humbolt Prentiss); Hugh Herbert (T. Mosley Thorpe); Joseph Cawthorn (Schultz); Grant Mitchell (Louis Lamson); Dorothy Dare (Arlene Davis); Winifred Shaw (Winny); Thomas Jackson (Haggarty); Ramon and Rosita (dancers in Lullaby of Broadway); Phil Tead (head bellhop); Eddie Kane (head barman); Harry Holman (Mr. Higpy); Jan Buckingham (first girl); Olive Jones (second girl); Rosalie Roy (first lady); Mary Russell (second lady); gordon Elliott (clerk); Marjorie Nichols (Letitia Fry); Grace Hayle (Mrs. Fry); Amo Ingraham (haughty woman); Don Brodie (photographer); Eddie Fetherston, Billy Newell, George Riley, Harry Seymour (reporters); Ray Cooke, John Quillan (bellhops); Florence Fair
Runtime
95
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Technique
live action
Label
Gold diggers of 1935
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
film reel
Carrier category code
  • mr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm09647696
Dimensions
16 mm
Dimensions
16mm. film width
Extent
3 film reels (95 min.)
FilmInspectionDate
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Media category
projected
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • g
Medium for sound
optical sound track on motion picture film
Motion picture presentation format
standard sound aperture reduced frame
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
film reel
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a217577
  • (OCoLC)09647696
Label
Gold diggers of 1935
Publication
Carrier category
film reel
Carrier category code
  • mr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm09647696
Dimensions
16 mm
Dimensions
16mm. film width
Extent
3 film reels (95 min.)
FilmInspectionDate
||||
Media category
projected
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • g
Medium for sound
optical sound track on motion picture film
Motion picture presentation format
standard sound aperture reduced frame
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
film reel
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a217577
  • (OCoLC)09647696