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| ~Gold Diggers of Broadway~ 1929 |
| Directed by: Roy Del Ruth Written by: De Leon Anthony - Titles Based on the play by Avery Hopwood and the story by Robert Lord. |
| ~Cast~ Nancy Welford ... Jerry Lamar Conway Tearle ... Stephen Lee Winnie Lightner ... Mabel Ann Pennington ... Ann Collins Lilyan Tashman ... Eleanor William Bakewell ... Wally Nick Lucas ... Nick Helen Foster ... Violet Albert Gran ... Blake Julia Swayne Gordon ... Cissy Gray Lee Moran ... Dance Director Armand Kaliz ... Barney Barnett Louise Beavers ... Sadie the Maid Neely Edwards ... Stage Manager Gertrude Short ... Topsy Judith Wood (as Helen Johnson) Noah Beery Jr. ... Stage Boy (uncredited) George Raft ... Dancer (uncredited) |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation) Distribution Company: Warner Bros. Cinematography by: Barney McGill & Ray Rennahan Film Editing by: William Holmes Costume Design by: Earl Luick Assistant Director: D. Ross Lederman Sound Recording Engineer: George Groves Director of Photography: second unit: Paul Ivano Conductor: Louis Silvers Composer: Additional Music: David Mendoza & Alois Reiser Dance & Stage Presentations: Larry Ceballos Technicians: Lewis Geib, F.N. Murphy, Max Parker & Victor Vance Length: 10 Reels Runtime: 101 Minutes Released: August 30, 1929 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Previously filmed in 1923, Avery Hopwood's 1920 comedy The Gold Diggers was resurrected in 1929
as the Technicolor musical Gold Diggers of Broadway. Nancy Welford, Winnie Lightner and Ann
Pennington stars as Jerry, Mable and Ann, three chorus girls who try to entice a wealthy backer to put
his money in their cash-poor Broadway show. Stuffy Stephen Lee (Conway Tearle) shows up to rescue
his brother Wally (William Bakewell) from the heroine's clutches, only to succumb to the girls' charms
himself. According to contemporary reviews, the show was stolen by Winnie Lightner as the brassiest
of the three gold-diggers, and by crooner Nick Lucas, performing his signature tune Tiptoe Through
the Tulips. The other big number from the film, Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, served as the title
for the 1951 remake of Gold Diggers of Broadway, which in the interim had been filmed as the more
famous Gold Diggers of 1933.
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson, AllMovie.com
as the Technicolor musical Gold Diggers of Broadway. Nancy Welford, Winnie Lightner and Ann
Pennington stars as Jerry, Mable and Ann, three chorus girls who try to entice a wealthy backer to put
his money in their cash-poor Broadway show. Stuffy Stephen Lee (Conway Tearle) shows up to rescue
his brother Wally (William Bakewell) from the heroine's clutches, only to succumb to the girls' charms
himself. According to contemporary reviews, the show was stolen by Winnie Lightner as the brassiest
of the three gold-diggers, and by crooner Nick Lucas, performing his signature tune Tiptoe Through
the Tulips. The other big number from the film, Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, served as the title
for the 1951 remake of Gold Diggers of Broadway, which in the interim had been filmed as the more
famous Gold Diggers of 1933.
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson, AllMovie.com
| ~Conway Tearle~ |
| ~GD-128: Albert Gran and Conway Tearle~ |
| ~Albert Gran, Armand Kaliz, Conway Tearle and Nick Lucas~ |