Gold Diggers of 1935

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Gold Diggers of 1935

G,

1935,

1h 35m,

Musical/

Comedy

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Mrs. Mathilda Prentiss (Alice Brady) arrives at a summer resort with her daughter, Ann (Gloria Stuart) and son, Humboldt (Frank McHugh) to put on the annual charity show. Ann is engaged to eccentric millionaire T. Mosley Thorpe (Hugh Herbert), who ignores her. To escort her daughter for the summer, Mathilda hires hotel desk clerk Dick Curtis (Dick Powell), whose fiancée, Arlene (Dorothy Dare), doesn't mind. Dick falls for Ann, Humboldt falls for Arlene, and the show's an expansive success.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Aug 6, 2019

There is a sort of plot and while it has its rougher moments... the general effect is just dreamy and lunatic. In fact, rather like a quiet evening at home with a bottle of paregoric.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

May 17, 2014

8/10

The airiness of this film is the result of hard, focused work... It's not high art, but it's about as impressively disciplined as filmmaking craftsmanship can get.

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Aug 14, 2013

4/5

If Gold Diggers of 1935 wasn't quite up to its predecessor, it's probably the fault of the newly enforced Production Code.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Sep 21, 2012

B+

This second musical in the Gold Diggers series is vastly entertaining due to Busby Berkeley's production numbers, including the Oscar-winning song Lullaby of Broadway.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Mar 6, 2005

B+

For the most part a smashing spectacle.

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Feb 1, 2019

The best musical movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: Lullaby of Broadway!

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Dick Powell

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Ann Prentiss

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Synopsis

Mrs. Mathilda Prentiss (Alice Brady) arrives at a summer resort with her daughter, Ann (Gloria Stuart) and son, Humboldt (Frank McHugh) to put on the annual charity show. Ann is engaged to eccentric millionaire T. Mosley Thorpe (Hugh Herbert), who ignores her. To escort her daughter for the summer, Mathilda hires hotel desk clerk Dick Curtis (Dick Powell), whose fiancée, Arlene (Dorothy Dare), doesn't mind. Dick falls for Ann, Humboldt falls for Arlene, and the show's an expansive success.

Director: Busby Berkeley
Screenwriter: Manuel Seff, Peter Milne
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: First National Pictures, Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating: G
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 1935, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 35m

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