Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

"What's the show about?" "It's all about the Depression." "... We won't have to rehearse that."

Josh Lewis

Live your life like it’s a Pre-Code movie.

Matt Singer

this movie has everything -gold diggers  -lewd and suggestive dialogue  -scamming -side boob -nipple -full nudity (in sihouette) -neon glowing violins  -roller skating baby -woman getting married while dressed as a police officer -guy using a can opener to remove a girl’s…

Marie

The promise of what the Hollywood dream factory could have been: adult in its portrayal of sex, socially relevant, and artistically on the bleeding edge. That the same movie has a bawdy ode to PDA called "Pettin' in the Park" and a plea to remember downtrodden veterans is…

laird

all the women and jokes about depression... we have to stan

Lucy

90 (16mm) Three films in one: A depression-era comedy, a wacko screwball farce, and a backstage musical of abstraction. Each piece is miraculous, and defines pre-code Hollywood as a spectacle of skin and melancholy, of dazzlement and embracing the inevitable. Key…

SilentDawn

just when you think you've seen everything they break out the neon violins

dankwit

one of the ultimate examples of the original warner bros. style: this has the semi-cheapo downtrodden depression-era grit of their tough-guy gangster films, but brilliantly contrasted with busby berkeley's heavenly musical numbers, which take the ever-present sadness of the…

comrade_yui

Flawless. Without a doubt Gold Diggers is my most favourite precode film. Packed full of witty lines and breathtaking Busby Berkeley choreography, there’s something for everyone here. And who doesn’t love Ginger Roger’s speaking pig Latin?

Anna🍓