Gold Diggers of 1935 (Warner Bros.) (1935)

**§ ynopsis, Dick Powell as Dick Curtis, a medical student, works as a clerk iv a fashionable summer hotel during his vacation to help pay his way through school. He and (Dorothy Dare), hostess, are mildly infatuated. Mrs. Matilda Prentiss (Alice Brady) comes to the hotel for the summer, bringing her daughter Ann (Gloria Stuart) and her son, Humbolt (Frank McHugh), a four times married youth whose gold digging wives have held him up for vast sums. Arline Davis Mrs. Prentiss is trying to force her daughter to marry T. Mosely Thorpe (Hugh Herbert), a multimillionaire also staying at the hotel, who spends all his time in writing about snuff. Ann rebels, so her mother, to appease her, consents to give her one summer of freedom, if she will marry Thorpe in the Fall. Mrs. Prentiss puts on an annual show for the milk fund. She engages Nicoleff (Adolphe Menjou), an eccentric theatrical producer, and Schultz (Joseph Caw Biographies, thorn), a costumer and scenery designer, to put on the show. Dick and Ann fall madly in love. He tells Arline of the af fair, and she laughs at him, having set her cap for Humbolt. Thorpe devotes his time to dictating about snuff to the hotel stenographer. Betty Hawes (Glenda Farrell). Mrs. Prentiss gets Thorpe to write a lyric for the show and Betty sees a chance to do a little gold digging on her own. So she praises the lyric to the skies and asks Thorpe to dedicate it to her. Mrs. Prentiss hears of it and breaks off the engagement. Mrs. Prentiss gets her first big shock when Schultz presents a bill for $40,000. Then Humbolt announces his secret marriage to Arline. On top of this Dick and Ann announce their engagement. Nicoleff gives her a silver fruit dish he had charged to her. She hurls the dish at Nicoleff, and faints. Deciding it will be cheaper to have a doctor in the family than to hire one.for her fainting spells she consents to Ann marrying Dick. ep RYTON S17) C8 MOB Ieee aetna oe OUR. SN AGE AGE ren eke Auk Prentiss. Ws Pees. 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Forbstein 100% with Dick Powell Adolphe Menjou—Gloria Stuart—Alice Brady Hugh Herbert—Glenda Farrell—Frank McHugh 50% 40% 20% Joseph Cawthorn—Grant Mitchell—Dorothy Dare 20% and Ramon and Rosita 20% Directed by Busby Berkeley 20% LR. A First National 40% A Productions Corporation 5% ean Picture ~ 25% Page Twenty-two Billing and <6) Diek Powell Dick Powell, born in Mt. View, Arkansas, won a screen contract with Warner Bros. through his musical talents, having been lifted bodily from a Master of Ceremonies position in a Pittsburgh theatre to an important part in “Blessed Event.” Starting as a soloist with an orchestra in Kentucky, he signed up in a similar capacity with a theatre orchestra fhere and attracted such attention that he eventually became master of ceremonies at that theatre, later moving to a larger house in Pittsburgh. He showed such natural talent as an actor that he was put under a Jong term contract by Warner Bros. Hugh Herbert Hugh Herbert is a native New Yorker, having been born and educated within the reach of Times Square. Herbert’s natural theatrical talent soon led him to the stage, and after serving an apprenticeship in road stock companies, the Warner Bros. player tried his luck on Broadway. His success was instantaneous and he earned a reputation as one of the town’s ablest comedians. Brought to Hollywood for pictures, Herbert proved as funny on the screen as he had been on the stage. Numbered among his screen hits are “Sweet Adeline,” “Kansas City Princess,” “Dames,” “The Merry Frinks,”’ “Easy To Love,” “Fog Over Frisco,” “Merry Wives of Reno,” “Fashions of 1934,” “College Coach” and “Convention City.” Glenda Farrell Glenda Farrell was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and made her debut on the stage as Little Eva in “Unele Tom’s Cabin” at the age of seven. With the exception of occasional pauses for education, she has been on the stage ever since, spending most of her life, as she expresses it, in a trunk. She was a member of the Brissac Stock Company of San Diego, the Moroseco Company of Los Angeles and the Alcazar in San Francisco. From there she went to Broadway where she played in such successes as “Divided Honors,” “Love, Honor and Betray,” “The Rear Car” and “Skidding.” Her last stage play was “Life Begins” and her work was so outstanding she was selected by Warner Bros. to play her same role when they made a picture of the play. Gloria Stuart Gloria Stuart was born in Santa Monica, Calif., and edueated at the home town schools and at the University of California at Berkeley. While at the University she played in dramatic productions both at the school and at the Berkeley playhouse under the direction of Everett Glass. Later she moved to the Artists’ Colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., where she appeared in leading roles at the theatre of the Golden Bow under the direction of Morris Ankrum. She then appeared in a number of plays at the Pasadena Playhouse. While playing in “The Sea Gull” a Hollywood ecasting director saw her and persuaded her to take a film test, She passed with glowing colors and has been in pictures ever since. Among the productions in which she has appeared are “Maybe It’s Love,” “Here Comes The Navy,” “Street of Women,” “All American,” “Roman Scandals,” “Beloved,” “The Invisible Man” and “The Secret of the Blue Room.” Her latest picture is “Gold Diggers of 1935,” which comes=+ 0-—bhe=s i. Sere Theatre io Se at Sars ie Alice Brady Alice Brady was born in New York City, her father being William A. Brady, the famous theatrical producer and her mother, Marie Rene, the latter dying when she was a child. Her stepmother is Grace George, the fam ous actress. After being educated in a convent, she went on the stage, her first production being “Balkan Princess.” Her first big hit on the stage was as the feminine lead in “Forever After.” After that she was starred in a number of stage plays, including “Little Women,” “Mourning Becomes Electra,” “Bride of the Lamb” and others. Some time ago she made her bow in pictures and has appeared in such productions as “The Gay Divoreee,” “When Ladies Meet,” “Stage Mother,’ “The Vinegar Tree,’ “Broadway To Hollywood,” “The Fear Market” and “Sinners.” Her current production is “Gold Diggers of 1935,” which comes to the 2S. amen theatre on. ............0+ Joseph Cawthorn Joseph Cawthorn was born in New York City where he was educated by a private tutor. He went on the stage at an early age and is one of the veterans of Broadway, being especially noted for his comedy roles and fine character portrayals. Among his stage successes are “The Little Nuggent,” “The Fortune Teller,’ “Beauty and the Beast,’ “Mother Goose,” “Tammany Hall” and “Sunny.” In 1929 he joined the Hollywood film colony and has appeared in scores of successful films. Among his more recent screen productions are “Sweet Music,” “Housewife,” “Twenty Million Sweethearts,’ “Grand Slam,” “Maybe It’s Love,” “Blondie Johnson” and “They Call It Sin.” His current picture is “Gold Diggers of 1935,” now showing bathe eects tee Theatre. PRODUCTION DETAILS” Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., of French and Irish parentage. He was educated at Culver Military Academy and Cornell University where he studied mechanical engineering and got a smattering of college theatricals. After graduation he turned to the stage and joined a stock company in Cleveland, Ohio. Later he decided on a screen career and played with several important players, including Marguerite Clark, before the war broke out. He went to the front with the Cornell unit as a private and came out a Captain. Re-entering picture work after the war, his first big success was with Charles Chaplin in “A Woman of Paris.” From that time on he has been playing leading and stellar roles. Some of his more recent pictures include “Journal of a Crime,’ “Easy To Love,” “Convention City,” “Morning Glory,” “The Worst Woman in Paris,” and “A Farewell To Arms.” He is now appearing in “Gold Diggers of 1935” which comes to the ......0:........... Theatre OU ee Busby Berkeley Busby Bérkéley-—ug.cu aunce director who has outdone himself in creating unusual effects in the dance numbers for “Gold Diggers of 1935,” and who directed the entire production had never been on a stage until the close of the late war when he participated in the entertainment arranged tor the soldiers in France. Mustered out of service, Berkeley returned to New York and the stage for several years and then devoted his efforts to directing. He has made an enviable record for himself as a dance director, being responsible for all of the musical numbers in “Dames,” “Wonder Bar,” “Whoopee,” “Palmy Days,” “The Kid From Spain,” “42nd Street,” “Gold Diggers of 1933” and “Footlighy Parade.” “Gold Diggers of 1935,” which contains his most elaborate dance creations, is now showing at the pe Se Mer or Theatre. Frank McHugh Frank McHugh was born in Homestead, Pa., of theatrical parents, and went on the stage when a child. Following years as a trouper in many stock companies throughout the United States and Canada, he was induced by his friend, Frank Fay, to accept a role with the latter in “Bright Lights.” He speedily drew the attention of screen audiences and after having given outstanding performances in many pictures, he was signed under a long term contract by Warner Bros. His more recent pictures include “Devil Dogs of the Air” “Maybe It’s Love,” “Six Day Bike Rider,’ “Here Comes The Navy,” “Son of a Sailor,’ “Heat Lightning,” “Fashions of 1934,” “The House on 56th Street” and “Lilly Turner.” His current picture is “Gold Diggers of 1935,” TOW SOD UNO chai Theatre. LENGTH 8614 feet RUNNING TIME 95 minutes