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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Rank 5 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) a score of 2.8150 out of 4

based on (12) reviews

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TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

This critically undervalued paean to all-American cupidity is pure Depression-era gold, the funniest of all the Berkeley extravaganzas. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)

Still perhaps the most enjoyable of all movie musicals' Gold Diggers hits the ground running as Ginger Rogers belts out 'We're in the money' in the very first moments. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)

Edinburgh U Film Society (Scott M. Keir)

In the interwar years, film was at an alltime high. Cinema attendances, and the number of films being produced were huge. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Scott M. Keir)

Classic Film Guide

Added to the National Film Registry in 2003. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Avery Hopwood's play was adapted by Erwin Gelsey & James Seymour; David Boehm & Ben Markson provided dialogue. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Classic Film Guide

Film Commentary by CGK

Gold Diggers of 1933 is an entertaining example of the 'backstage' musical where the principal characters are themselves working to put on a musical within the film. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Film Commentary by CGK

Reel.com

In 1933, the population of the United States reeled under the weight of the Great Depression, so much so that not even the dream factory in Hollywood could ignore it. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Reel.com

Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)

DVDBeaver

Barney Hopkins is producing a new show on Broadway, but the day before it opens, the set and costumes are confiscated due to not paid bills. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at DVDBeaver

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"Deliciously maddening extravaganza Depression-era Broadway musical." ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Big House Film (Roger Westcombe)

You gotta remember the Busby Berkeley spectaculars are still films, and Gold Diggers Of 1933 is primarily an entertainingly dry comedy in the 1930s Hollywood tradition. ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Big House Film (Roger Westcombe)

Time Out (--)

Second of the archetypal backstage musicals from Warners (it followed hard on the success of 42nd Street) which established the idiosyncratic geometrics of Busby Berkeley. Some semblance of a plot (songwriter Powell turns against his wealthy parents in ...read the complete Gold Diggers of 1933 movie review at Time Out (--)

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