The song Lullaby of Broadway, which he wrote with Warren for the musical film, Gold Diggers of 1935 won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Gold Diggers of 1935 was the third film of the Gold Diggers series of movie musicals, after Gold Diggers of Broadway in 1929 (now lost) and Gold Diggers of 1933, a remake of the earlier film.
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During production a chorus dancer, Jack Grieves, died on the set due to acute indigestion.
' series of "Gold Digger" films, following Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), which is now lost, Gold Diggers of 1933, which was a remake of the earlier film, and the first to feature Busby Berkeley's extravagant production numbers, and Gold Diggers of 1935.
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This type of musical was typified in the early films by director and choreographer, Busby Berkeley, including 42nd Street (1933), Footlight Parade (1933), Dames (1934) and the Gold Diggers series (1933, 1935 and 1937).