Gold Diggers of 1935

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Gold Diggers of 1935
Directed by	Busby Berkeley
Produced by	Robert Lord
Written by	Peter Milne, Manuel Seff, Robert Lord (screenplay)
Starring	Dick Powell Gloria Stuart Adolphe Menjou Winifred Shaw
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	March 15, 1935
Running time	95 min.
Language	English
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Gold Diggers of 1935 was a Hollywood movie musical released by Warner Brothers on March 15, 1935. It was the third film of the Gold Diggers series of movie musicals, the two previous ones having been released in 1929 and 1933. The movie was directed and choreographed by the legendary Busby Berkeley, and starred Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart, Adolphe Menjou, and Winifred Shaw.

The film is perhaps best known for the famous "Lullaby of Broadway" production number, which features Shaw singing the song of the same name by Harry Warren. This leads into a spectacular tap dance number, featuring 100 men and women hoofing their hearts out. The number, up to then a typically lighthearted one, concludes in a jarringly tragic fashion, as the character played by Ms. Shaw in the song accidentally dances off a high balcony to her death.

The film earned Busby Berkeley an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction. The song "Lullaby of Broadway" won Harry Warren an Academy Award for Best Song.