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''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is a 1933 [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=] with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, staged and choreographed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley. It starred Creator/JoanBlondell, Ruby Keeler, Creator/DickPowell, Creator/GingerRogers, and Billy Barty in his first role (as a horny man-baby.)

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''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is a 1933 [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=] Creator/MervynLeRoy with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, staged and choreographed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley. It starred Creator/JoanBlondell, Ruby Keeler, Creator/DickPowell, Creator/GingerRogers, and Billy Barty in his first role (as a horny man-baby.)

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* BareYourMidriff: As the cops crack down on the show in the beginning, one of the "We're In The Money" girls has the big "coin" on her front snatched away--resulting in a clearly pre-Code shot of her belly button!



* FanserviceExtra: More scantily-clad chorus girls than you can shake a stick at.

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** As the cops crack down on the show in the beginning, one of the "We're In The Money" girls has the big "coin" on her front snatched away--resulting in a clearly pre-Code shot of her belly button!
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More scantily-clad chorus girls than you can shake a stick at.
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''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is a 1933 [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode pre-Code]] Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=] with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, staged and choreographed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley. It starred Creator/JoanBlondell, Ruby Keeler, Creator/DickPowell, Creator/GingerRogers, and Billy Barty in his first role (as a horny man-baby.)

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''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is a 1933 [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-Code]] Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn [=LeRoy=] with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, staged and choreographed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley. It starred Creator/JoanBlondell, Ruby Keeler, Creator/DickPowell, Creator/GingerRogers, and Billy Barty in his first role (as a horny man-baby.)

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The opening performance of "We're in the Money" is a dress rehearsal, not a performance in front of a mostly empty house. Also fixing spelling errors ("Faneuil", not "Fanuel") and indentation errors.


* FiveSecondForeshadowing: During the "We're in the Money" number, a crowd shot shows the seats are 90% empty, giving a hint that the lavish production isn't making its money back.



* IndecipherableLyrics: The opening number, in which Ginger Rogers goes to town with some catchy Pig Latin in one verse.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw E're-way in-hay the oney-may!]]" Makes perfect [[strike:sense]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cents]].

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* IndecipherableLyrics: The opening number, in which Ginger Rogers goes to town with some catchy Pig Latin in one verse.
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verse. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw E're-way in-hay the oney-may!]]" Makes perfect [[strike:sense]] [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} cents]].



* MayDecemberRomance: Between Fanuel ("Fanny") Peabody and Trixie Lorraine.
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where the lovers happily end up together is immediately followed by the "My Forgotten Man" number, which is a dark, gritty song about World War I veterans and Depression-era poverty.
** Also the opening number. "We're in the Money", the most famous song from the film and one of THE most famous songs from TheThirties, is actually interrupted and never finished when creditors come by to seize the costumes and sets. (Not so "in the money" now, are we?)

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* MayDecemberRomance: Between Fanuel Faneuil ("Fanny") Peabody and Trixie Lorraine.
* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
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The scene where the lovers happily end up together is immediately followed by the "My Forgotten Man" number, which is a dark, gritty song about World War I veterans and Depression-era poverty.
** Also the The opening number. "We're in the Money", the most famous song from the film and one of THE most famous songs from TheThirties, is actually interrupted and never finished when creditors come by to seize the costumes and sets. (Not so "in the money" now, are we?)
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Inaccurate. The 1929 film had sound. It was the earlier 1923 adaptation that was silent.


The movie is nominally a sequel to a film (now lost) called ''The Gold Diggers of Broadway''[[note]][[{{Irony}} which was a SILENT film]][[/note]], which was based off of a Broadway play from 1919 called ''The Gold Diggers''. (''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is actually more like a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/FortySecondStreet''.) Three movie sequels (''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1937'', and ''Gold Diggers in Paris'') were also produced, featuring some of the same actors playing different characters.

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The movie is nominally a sequel to a film (now lost) called ''The Gold Diggers of Broadway''[[note]][[{{Irony}} which was a SILENT film]][[/note]], Broadway'', which was based off of a Broadway play from 1919 called ''The Gold Diggers''. (''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is actually more like a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/FortySecondStreet''.) Three movie sequels (''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1937'', and ''Gold Diggers in Paris'') were also produced, featuring some of the same actors playing different characters.

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* BareYourMidriff: As the cops crack down on the show in the beginning, one of the "We're In The Money" girls has the big "coin" on her front snatched away--resulting in a clearly pre-Code shot of her belly button!



* {{Fanservice}}: "We're In The Money" (just take one look at that pic above!) and "Pettin' In The Park" in particular are ''filled'' with it!
** As the cops crack down on the show in the beginning, one of the "We're In The Money" girls has the big "coin" on her front snatched away--resulting in a clearly pre-Code [[BareYourMidriff shot of her belly button!]]
** In one scene Joan Blondell wears a nightie that must have been glued to her body.

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* {{Fanservice}}: "We're In The Money" (just take one look at that pic above!) and "Pettin' In The Park" in particular are ''filled'' with it!
** As the cops crack down on the show in the beginning, one of the "We're In The Money"
FanserviceExtra: More scantily-clad chorus girls has the big "coin" on her front snatched away--resulting in than you can shake a clearly pre-Code [[BareYourMidriff shot of her belly button!]]
** In one scene Joan Blondell wears a nightie that must have been glued to her body.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.


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* LingerieScene: In one scene Joan Blondell wears a nightie that must have been glued to her body.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Filled to the brim. Just some examples.
--->"I look much better in clothes than any of you."\\
"If Barney could see me in clothes..."\\
"He wouldn't recognize you."
** This exchange between Trixie and "Fuffy"
--->"Can you imagine me getting sentimental? The most hardboiled way in the dirty white way!\\
"You're not hardboiled. That's just on the surface. Underneath you're..."\\
"Say, what do you know about me underneath?"

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Filled
GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to the brim. Just some examples.
--->"I look much better in clothes than any of you."\\
"If Barney could see me in clothes..."\\
"He wouldn't recognize you."
** This exchange between Trixie
overwhelming and "Fuffy"
--->"Can
persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you imagine me getting sentimental? The most hardboiled way are reading this in the dirty white way!\\
"You're not hardboiled. That's just on
future, please check the surface. Underneath you're..."\\
"Say, what do you know about me underneath?"
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: During the "We're in the Money" number, a crowd shot shows the seats are 90% empty, giving a hint that the lavish production isn't making its money back.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: "We're in the Money" is prematurely ended by creditors shutting down the show and reclaiming the props.
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* PigLatin: Ginger Rogers was goofing off during rehearsals of "We're in the Money" and began singing it in Pig Latin. Studio executive Daryl F. Zanuck caught her at it, [[ThrowItIn and suggested she do it for real in the film.]] And the rest, as they say, is istoryhay.

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* PigLatin: Ginger Rogers was goofing off during rehearsals of "We're in the Money" and began singing it the hook in Pig Latin.Latin (the rest is gibberish). Studio executive Daryl F. Zanuck caught her at it, [[ThrowItIn and suggested she do it for real in the film.]] And the rest, as they say, is istoryhay. [[invoked]]
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* CovertPervert: "Petting in the Park" features a horny baby (!) played by a very young Creator/BillyBarty, who was 11 at the time.

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* CovertPervert: "Petting in the Park" features a horny baby (!) played by a very young Creator/BillyBarty, who was 11 9 at the time.
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* CovertPervert: "Petting in the Park" features a horny baby (!) played by a very young Creator/BillyBarty.

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* CovertPervert: "Petting in the Park" features a horny baby (!) played by a very young Creator/BillyBarty.Creator/BillyBarty, who was 11 at the time.
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* CovertPervert: "Petting in the Park" features a horny baby (!) played by a very young Creator/BillyBarty.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Ginger Rogers is the first in a line of chorines that pans on each one's face -- and she is the last one, too.
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* SuspectIsHatless: The police look for a robber who is 5'9" with dark hair.
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* MoneySong: "We're in the Money", made more poignant given the setting in the depths of UsefulNotes/TheGreatDepression.

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* MoneySong: "We're in the Money", made more poignant given the setting in the depths of UsefulNotes/TheGreatDepression.TheGreatDepression.

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