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Gold Diggers of 1937

' 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.


Backstage musical

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).


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