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

a} «Cx ey OF 1937 PURLIGNIY «x «kK kk * Thrills and suspense vie with laughter and melody in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? fifth of Warner Bros.’ ‘‘Gold Digger’’ series which is now show CT) Ba aa (Bg eee ener Theatre. In the stirring scene above are (left to right) Victor Moore, Osgood Perkins, Charles D. Brown and Dick Powell. Mat No. 208—20ce Dressing Room Gift For Joan Blondell After almost six years of continuous work at the Warner Bros. studios, Joan Blondell has been awarded one of those portable dressing rooms on wheels which can be taken around from stage to stage while the actress is working. The dressing room was given to Joan soon after she began work in her leading role opposite Dick Powell in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 19373"? Six years ago, when the actress arrived from New York to play a part in ‘‘Sinners’ Holiday,’’ she did not rate even a canvas set chair with her name upon the back! ‘¢Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ which includes in the cast Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, Osgood Perkins and 200 lovely girls, comes GO sstHO erase taegiasd asks Theatre on SRP x a ath ine It was directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley. Powell-Ooka Rivals Burns-Bazooka Not to be outdone by Bob Burns, another native of Arkansas, Dick Powell is busy attempting to invent a freak musical instrument which will rival the well-known ‘“bazooka.’? Powell, who is currently playing the leading role in **Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ will call his invention the ‘‘ Powell-ooka!’’ With Dick in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ is his bride, Joan Blondell, as co-star. The big First National musical comes to the ..................::005 MhGAtle> Olea hasdetk aie Ss Roi has a score of comedians and 200 dancing beauties. It was. directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley. Dixon Changes Garb Eight Times Daily Lee Dixon, eccentric dancer formerly with Rudy Vallee’s band, who now plays a leading role with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in ‘*Gold Diggers of 1937,’? in an ordinary working day at the studio, changed his entire wardrobe seven or eight times. ‘¢Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ newest of the famous series, is now Sheth a aid oss acs este Theatre. It has a score of comedians, 200 dancing beauties, and much catchy music. It was directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley. Page Thirty-six Glenda is Busiest Girl in Hollywood Aside from her status as being the. screen’s fastest talker, Glenda Farrell believes that she now holds another cinematic record. She has worked in eleven pictures in a row with only a day or two at the most between any one of them for rest, and liked it. Currently seen in a featured part with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ the First National musical, the actress says that if she ever gets her much-deserved vacation she will probably spend it making amateur movies around her North Hollywood home. ‘Gold Diggers of 1937’’ is now showing at the ................. Theatre. Rosalind Marquis Studies Lights Among the most ambitious of the younger players around the Warner Bros. studio, Hollywood, is Rosalind Marquis, who has a featured role in support of Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in ‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ the picture now showing at the ........ Scie Theatre. The ambitious Miss Marquis is spending her evenings studying the art of motion picture lighting. Powell’s Stainless Shirt Called a Boon Dick Powell, with the aid of his tailor, has designed a new type of garment which he ealls the ‘“Makeup Shirt,’’ and which is a grand gadget for actors. Powell got the idea while sitting around the ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’’ set at the Warner studios, and watching the makeup of other male players smear off onto their shirt collars as they worked under the hot set lights. Dick took several different shades of standard face makeup to his tailor and directed him to find cloth of the identical shades and make it into shirts. Powell has the leading male part opposite Joan Blondell in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’? now at the .... Be sae Ae ey ke Theatre. Dancing Star’s Ma Cooks His Meals Because restaurant food didn’t agree with his digestion, Lee Dixon, 22-year-old dancing star in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ wired his mother in New York to come on out and cook for him. Dixon, who plays a featured comedy role in support of Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in the Warner Bros. musical, now at the Se Rpor hss eee ee Theatre, sent the rush call to New York after finding out that Hollywood cooking kept him from giving his all at dance rehearsals. Mrs. Dixon took charge of the small kitchen in the dancer’s little apartment, and Lee’s first meal included old-fashioned Irish stew, candied sweet potatoes and apple strudel. Lee was then able to dance ten hours a day. Cry at Weddings? Glenda Does It If you want to make Glenda Farrell happy, invite her to a wedding. The wisecracking screen comedienne has confessed that the happiest moments in her life are spent at the weddings of her Hollywood friends. The reason, she says, is because she can ery! Currently appearing as a wisecracking showgirl in the cast of Warner Bros.’ ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’? Glenda declares that she is never given a chance to do a dramatic role, and consequently she has to give way to her pent up dramatic feeling by weeping at wedding services. With Dick Powell and Joan Blondell as stars, ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? comes to the ............... Wheaiie: NOG: ss cec cheats bs raove In Caravan Of Charm Forming the most beauteous cargo ever to ride the airways, 12 carefully selected members of the Busby Berkeley chorus of ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ which opens at the ........,...... Se TREGUC. Ola gh ats. eho aeg ON a number of principals, have been making an aeroplane tour of the country’s key cities. Above is Director Berkeley weighing the girls as a final test for the flight. Mat No, 218—20c All’s Well That Ends Dick Powell and Joan Blondell are the stars of ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ fifth and biggest of the Warner Bros. ‘‘Gold Diggers’’ series. Their’s was a hard task, but the day it ended, the two slipped aboard a vessel bound for New York and were. married. The picture comes to the Bi DLO sive ects 08 EEG LT ORONG crttioise, fsscveneadete Mat No. 213—20c Silent Tennis Foe A Help to Powell In order to perfect his tennis shots when no one is around to play him a game, Dick Powell invented a novel way of playing single handed. On the side wall of the garage of his Toluca Lake home, the singing star of ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? painted a regulation-sized tennis net. Above the net, in systematic squares, are the words ‘¢win’? and ‘‘lose.’? The ‘‘win’’ squares are all down low directly above the net. Thus, when Dick smacks a ball close to the net he registers a win. As he goes higher he loses his point. ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937’ in which Dick’s bride, Joan Blondell, is co-star, comes to the .................5. Theat OG... atisesth sees ec cdeoes It has a score of comedians, 200 lovely dancing girls, and was directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley. Playing at Benefit Brings Actor Luck Victor Moore, veteran Broadway comedian, strongly advises younger™ members of the acting profession to play all the benefit performances in which they are requested to appear. ‘¢A )benefit for someone else often turns out to be a bigger benefit for yourself,’’ says the comedian. ‘‘I was asked to do a little bit at the recent Actors’ benefit Fund,’’ says Moore, ‘‘and went on as ‘Throttlebottom,’ which I created in ‘Of Thee I Sing,’ on the New York stage. ‘‘Tloyd Bacon, director of ‘Gold Diggers of 1937’ was in the audience. Ten minutes after I had finished he was back stage and signed me to play a somewhat similar part in his musical.’’ Moore is to be seen in ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ now at the Se Metta ts Theatre. “Gold Diggers”? Charm Young Indian Ruler ‘“Most fascinating thing I have seen in America,’’ said the Maharajah of Indore, one of India’s chief rulers, after he had witnessed the process of movie-making at the Warner studios, The tall, slender, handsome young potentate—reputedly one of the world’s richest men—and his beautiful young dark-eyed wife, the Maharanee, met and were photographed with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, co-stars of ‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? and Busby Berkeley, dance-director of that production, put his 200 girls through a special fast-stepping rehearsal for the distinguished visitors. The Maharanee said the American girls were ‘‘altogether lovely.’’ “‘Gold Diggers of 1937’? will ODENY Ate ere Theatre OD ata tee Hollywood Reunion Surprises Actors Two New York actors stood at the rail of a Manhattan imbibing emporium and toasted each other with fond farewells. They were Osgood Perkins and Charles D. Brown. Both were starting on vacation trips the following morning, Perkins to Portsmouth, Virginia, and Brown for some hunting in Maryland. A couple of days later they had a@ reunion—not in New York but in Hollywood. Unknown to each other, both of the men had accepted long distance offers for featured roles in the cast of the Warner Bros. musical, ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’’ the same night they had parted in the East. ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1937,’? newest of the famed series, is now at thease oto aes Theatre. It stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell and has a score of comedians and 200 dancing beauties.