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Gold Diggers of 1933
Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.
Mervyn LeRoy
Casts & Crew
Warren William
Joan Blondell
Aline MacMahon
Ruby Keeler
Dick Powell
Guy Kibbee
Ned Sparks
Ginger Rogers
Billy Barty
Busby Berkeley
Eric Blore
Virginia Dabney
Bill Elliott
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Theresa Harris
Sterling Holloway
Charles Lane
Etta Moten
Dennis O'Keefe
Jayne Shadduck
Bee Stevens
Anita Thomson
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Jane Wyman
Tammany Young
Joan Barclay
Patricia Douglas
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