Gold Diggers of 1937
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Gold Diggers of 1937 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lloyd Bacon |
| script |
Warren Duff |
| production |
Earl Baldwin Jack L. Warner |
| music | Heinz Roemheld |
| camera | Arthur Edeson |
| cut | Thomas Richards |
| occupation | |
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Gold Diggers of 1937 is an American romantic musical comedy from 1936. The film was produced for Warner Bros. by Earl Baldwin , Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, directed by Lloyd Bacon . The US premiere took place on December 28, 1936. The film was first shown in Austria on July 9, 1937 as Golddiggers 1937 .
action
Aging and hypochondriac show producer JJ Hobart is planning a new stage show. However, his partners Morty Wethered and Tom Hugo have lost all of their reserves for the show behind his back on stock market speculation. With the help of ex-show girl Genevieve Larkin, they plan to get $ 1 million life insurance on JJ. Through a former colleague from Genevieve, Norma Perry, who now works as a secretary for an insurance company, they convince the insurance agent Rosmer Peck to take out the policy. While Morty and Tom hope that JJ's health will deteriorate so that he dies and they can collect the insurance sum, Rosmer and his supervisor Andy Callahan, who have since found out JJ's previously veiled age, hope the opposite, to get the lucrative contract not to burst. Contrary to the fears, JJ passes the medical examination with flying colors and is even enjoying better health every day. The planning and preparations for the show go on without JJ suspecting that he is actually bankrupt. His partners try unsuccessfully to arrange for JJ to die earlier. Genevieve gets closer to JJ and falls in love with him. When Rosmer uncovered the plan of JJ's partners, he convinced his manager to take over the financing of the show in order to prevent a collapse and death of JJ if he found out that he could no longer put on the stage show. The show takes place and becomes a great success. Genevieve and JJ get married, as do Norma and Rosmer.
background
Gold Diggers of 1937 is another film from the Gold Diggers series founded in 1923 with the film The Gold Diggers . The background story of the film is based on the Broadway play Mystery of Life by Richard Maibaum , Michael Wallach and George Haight. It was shot in black and white.
reception
“Where some of the Gold Digger annuals from Warner have not been overburdened with heavy story material, the current musical opus gets moving with the advantage of a trim backstage yarn taken from Mystery of Life, the Broadway play by Richard Maibaum , Michael Wallach and George Haight. "
"Where some of Warner's Gold Digger films were not overloaded with a deep story, this musical film gets its pizzazz from the benefit of a tight backstory taken from the Broadway musical Mystery of Life by Richard Maibaum, Michael Wallach and George Haight."
"Once again entertainment is used to get people's minds off hard times with comic ways of getting money, music, and dance that includes lots of pretty women."
"Once again, entertainment is used to distract people from tough times with fun ways to make money, music and dancing, and lots of good-looking women."
Awards
Busby Berkeley was nominated for an Oscar for Best Dance Directing in 1937 for Gold Diggers of 1937 .
Web links
- Gold Diggers of 1937 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gold Diggers of 1937 at Turner Classic Movies
- Gold Diggers of 1937 at Allmovie.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Plot Summary for Gold Diggers of 1937 on IMDb.com
- ↑ Gold Diggers of 1937 on Turner Classic movies
- ↑ Gold Diggers of 1937 Review on Variety.com
- ^ Golddiggers of 1937 Review by Sanderson Beck