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Gold Diggers of 1933
Contributor(s): Hove, Arthur (Editor), Balio, Tino (Editor)
ISBN: 0299080846     ISBN-13: 9780299080846
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 1980
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Annotation: This book contains the full shooting script of Erwin Gelsey and James Seymour, based on the Avery Hopwood play of 1919, as well as lyrics to the five songs of the film. Arthur Hove's introduction outlines the story concept from its initial Broadway form, through the 1923 silent movie, the 1929 talkie, and including several post-1933 versions. The concept of the good-hearted chorus girl with a penchant for separating wealthy men from some of their money has long been popular with both theater and movie audiences.
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Screenplays
Dewey: 791.437
LCCN: 79005402
Series: Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay Series
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.52" W x 8.64" (0.52 lbs) 192 pages
 
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Gold Diggers of 1933, a lavish and glittering showcase for Busby Berkeley's musical production talent, was designed and produced as a Depression tonic. As Berkeley said, In an era of breadlines, Depression, and wars, I tried to help people get away from all the misery . . . to turn their minds away to something else. I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour.
This book contains the full shooting script of Erwin Gelsey and James Seymour, based on the Avery Hopwood play of 1919, as well as the lyrics to the five songs of the film. Arthur Hove's introduction outlines the story concept from its initial Broadway form, through the 1923 silent movie, the 1929 talkie, and including several post-1933 versions. The concept of the good-hearted chorus girl with a penchant for separating wealthy men from some of their money has long been popular with both theatre and movie audiences.
Hove tells much about the relationship between the story line and musical segments of the movie, about how far a writer can go before passing the baton to the director, and about how a film is actually put together.
The film is remembered for Berkeley's musical and visual extravaganza. In the opening number, We're in the Money, his sumptuous corps de ballet, numbering fifty-four, appeared in costumes made of fifty-four thousand silver coins. Five silver dollars, twenty-eight feet in diameter formed the background for the chorus.