Gold diggers of 1933 [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corp ; director, Mervyn LeRoy ; screenplay by Erwin Gelsey & James Seymour.
Other Titles: Gold diggers.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, Turner Entertainment Co. ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2006.
Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Theater Production and direction New York (State) New York Drama.
Theatrical producers and directors New York (State) New York Drama.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films. gsafd
Musical films. gsafd
Musical Feature. migfg
Adaptation Feature. migfg
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Credits: Dialogue by David Boehm & Ben Markson ; numbers created & directed by Busby Berkeley ; photography, Sal Polito ; editor, George Amy ; songs, Harry Warren & Al Dubin.
Performers: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks, Ginger Rogers.
Notes: English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned. (feature film only)
Based on a play by Avery Hopwood.
Originally produced in 1933 as a motion picture by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Also includes: new featurettes: 42nd Street from book to stage to screen, Gold diggers: FDR's New Deal... Broadway bound. 3 vintage featurettes: The 42nd Street special, Rambling round radio row #2, Seasoned greetings. 3 vintage cartoons: I've got to sing a torch song, Pettin' in the park, We're in the money and Busby Berkeley musicals trailer gallery.
Summary: Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler play two young hopefuls struggling to make it on Broadway. Even falling in love has its hardships, as Powell's high-brow Eastern family is determined to break them (and the show) up. More complications set in when his brother falls for Keeler's wise-cracking roommate.
