Gold Diggers of 1937 (Warner Bros.) (1936)

f,. ‘GOLD «2 DIGGERS 7, OF 1937" Film Stars Miss Seript Lines On Eve Of Marriage Love hits the movie stars just as it hits anyone else. It renders them to a certain degree silly, and takes away all powers of concentration regarding any other sub ject. Look at Dick Powell and Joan Blondell. Ordinarily two of the best ‘‘studies’’ on the Warner Bros. lot when it comes to learning seript lines, the love-sick pair just couldn’t concentrate on the final scene in the musical picture ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? now at TN Ose eviscaes oars: Theatre, when it was shot on the eve of their marriage last September. The scene wasn’t particularly hard or long. Just a matter of a few lines between the two and the chorus of a song by Dick. Ordinarily it would have taken about three hours to complete the entire sequence. But the company worked from seven o’clock in the evening until one o’clock in the morning before the cameras turned on the final closeup! No one else in the company seemed to resent the delay. Most of them were married and knew the symptoms! ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’’ is the fourth of the famous and delightful ‘‘Gold Diggers’’ series turned out by the Warner Bros. studios. It is the funniest and most elaborately cast and mounted of all of them. It stars Dick and Joan, and the other noted players include Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, the famed eccentric dancer; Osgood Perkins Charles D. Brown, Rosalind Marquis and Irene Ware, plus 200 dancing beauties. Two Tune Teams Write Music For “Gold Diggers” Because of the variety of song numbers used in the Warner Bros. musical picture ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ two studio song teams collaborated in the writing of the music and lyrics’for the lavish production numbers staged by Dance Director Busby Berkeley. The team of Harburg and Arlen wrote four of the numbers — ‘‘Speaking of the Weather,’’ ‘<Let’s Put our Heads Together, ’’ ‘‘Hush Mah Mouth’’ and ‘‘Life Insuranee,’’ while the team of Warren and Dubin wrote ‘‘ With Plenty of Money and You’’ and ‘All is Fair in Love and War,’’ a stirring drill number that serves as the finale for the picture. ‘*Gold Diggers of 1937’? comes to 11} § (cere eee eae Theatre=Olro cage The production scenes built around these numbers are among the most brilliant ever directed by that past master, Busby Berkeley. Leading them are Dick Powell, and appearing with him in at least one of the numbers are Joan Blondell, Rosalind Marquis, and Lee Dixon. ‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? is the fifth of the famous and delightful ‘‘Gold Diggers’’ series turned out by the Warner Bros. studios. It is the funniest and most elaborately cast and mounted of all of them. It stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, and the other noted players include Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, the famed eccentric dancer ; Osgood Perkins, Charles D. Brown, Rosalind Marquis and Irene Ware, plus 200 dancing beauties. The picture was directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley. Page Thirty Winners Of Composing the sweetest cargo cver to fly the skyways, these girls were selected by Busby Berkeley, famous dance creator who originated the ensembles of ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1987,’’ to make personal appearances in They’re shown above at the end of the tests that brought them this distinction. In the first row are Fred Lawrence (left) Rosalind Marquis and Director Berkeley. The girls are Lois Lindsay, Gulfport, Miss; Marry Cassidy, Omaha, Neb.; Rose Tyrell and Carolyn Newell New York City; Beth Renner, Dallas, Tex.; Naida Reynolds and Helen Lynn, Kansas City, Mo.; Nelda Kincaid, Birmingham, Ala.; Eleanor Bailey, Atchinson, Kan.; Helen Seaman, Dermott, Ark.; Lorraine Gray, North Hollywood, Cal.; Sue Gomes, Portland Ore. ( Gers 07 19ST “WITCR CONES 60 UNE> aot. iste acess cesses Theatre on America’s key cities. They traveled by airplane. “Flying Gold Mat No. 302—30e Dick Uses Gargle To Thicken V oice To “thicken his voice” and thus give naturalness to his portrayal of a young man with a jag, Dick Powell, who is co-starred with Joan Blondell in “Gold Diggers of 1937” which opens at the See igide See Theatre on. ........ see had his throat physician prepare a special gargle. It worked. Rosalind Marquis One of the featured players in ‘*Gold Diggers of 1937’? the First National production now at the ha cosa eet Theatre is charming Rosalind Marquis, shown above leading one of the sensational Busby Berkeley ensembles. Mat No. 110—10¢e Screen Stardom Aids Long Life Asserts Powell Today’s motion picture leading men will probably live an ayverage of ten years longer than the ordinary business man of the same age. This interesting statement does not come from Lloyd’s insurance agency or the statistical department of the American Medical Association, but from Dick Powell, who fully expects to live well past the sixty mark in years. Powell, who is to be seen in the leading role opposite Joan Blondell in First National’s ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ which comes to the........ Bae a bet PRORUC-ONcarte ee cs attributes his statement to the fact that today’s movie leading men have to train with the care of boxers in order to keep in perfect physical trim at all times. ‘“Keeping in perfect physical shape is as much a part of our profession as is doing a scene before the camera,’’ says Powell. ‘‘Speaking for myself, and probably a lot of other players in Hollywood, I would be inclined to be fairly lazy about staying in form if it were not for appearance before the camera. ‘¢Thus, we’ll owe any years above the average which we may enjoy, to our fans, who are insistent that we keep broad shoulders and slender hips.’’ ‘*Gold Diggers of 1937’’ is the fifth of the famous and delightful ‘‘Gold Diggers’’ series turned out by the Warner Bros. studios. It is the funniest and most elaborately mounted and cast of all of them. It stars Powell and Joan Blondell, and the other noted players inelude Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, the famed eccentric dancer; Osgood Perkins, Charles D. Brown, Rosalind Marquis and Irene Ware, plus 200 dancing beauties. The picture was directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley, from a sereen play by Warren Duff, Diggers” Title They will appear with the 200 dancing girls in Hey, Ladies! Quit Proposing to Dick! Apparently some of the fans who admire Dick Powell, co-star of “Gold Diggers of 1937,” don’t follow the newspapers very closely. During the fortnight after his marriage to Joan Blondell, who shares stellar honors with him in the picture, Dick’s mail contained some 50-odd proposals from girls in various parts of the coun try. “Gold Diggers of 1937,° immense musical comedy is now showing at the ............ eS Theatre. *“Gold Dig Even Gold Diggers Pay Dance Director Defines Type Of Girls He Wants Beautiful women can be divided into two groups, like houses, ‘‘furnished and unfurnished,’’ according to Busby Berkeley, Warner Bros.’ director and dance impressario, and originator of the spectacular musical numbers in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ which comes to. then ee Theatre on What Berkeley means by ‘‘ furniture’’ is brains. ‘‘Unfurnished’’ beauty is mere prettiness without a high order of intelligence which makes for personality, behind it. Some of the ‘‘prettiest’’ girls he finds in his personal search for beauty, are discarded on the first test. Berkeley refers to them, sometimes, as ‘‘unfurnished.’’ He wants the other kind for his ‘*Gold Diggers’’ ensembles. This makes the vacancies in his choruses more difficult than ever to fill. A girl must have beauty of face and figure, trim ankles, acceptable knees, and brains or personality to match. Pessimist that he is, Berkeley believes that no woman living can claim perfection in all of these qualifications for real beauty. He never gives up looking for such a woman but he never expects to find her. He is content with a little less than perfection, but he is more insistent upon intelligence than upon regularity of features. He is, in his own words, interested only in ‘‘furnished’’ beauty. ‘*Gold Diggers of 1937’? is the fifth of the famous and delightful ‘‘Gold Diggers’’ series turned out by the Warner Bros. studios. It is the funniest and most elaborately mounted and cast of all of them. It stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, and the other noted players imelude Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, the famed eccentric dancer; Osgood Perkins, Charles D. Brown, Rosalind Marquis and Irene Ware, plus 200 dancing beauties. The picture was direeted by Lloyd Bacon and Berkeley from a sereen play by Warren Duff, based on the stage play, ‘‘ Sweet Mystery of Life.’’ William Davidson (left) Dick Powell and Joan Blondell (center) and Lee Dixon discover that it takes money to produce a Broadway stage success in an hilarious sequence in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? the 5th and best edition of the ‘‘Gold Digger’’ series, which is now playing at the Theatre: Mat No, 210—20¢