About this Event
September 9 – Gold Diggers of 1933, 1933, 98 minutes, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, and Ruby Keeler.
Gold Diggers of 1933 famously opens with a bang, as Ginger Rogers and a line-up of chorus girls sing "We're in the Money" wearing nothing but well-placed gold coins. The number is brought to a halt by the arrival of the sheriff and his posse, who close the show for lack of funds. Gold Diggers of 1933 bounces from one eye-popping Busby Berkeley number to the next ("Pettin' in the Park," "The Shadow Waltz," "Remember My Forgotten Man"). It's sublimely entertaining, and populated with some of the best musical and comedy talent of the day, but hard times are waiting just beyond the stage door.
CinemaLit / September 2022 – The 1930s Get Real
What are your impressions of American films in the 1930s? Gossamer musicals and Marx Brothers' slapstick? Stodgy romances burdened with wooden acting? Nonsense escapism from the Great Depression? That's all to be found. But dig deeper for a wealth of films of exceptional depth and complexity. September at CinemaLit is devoted to four films from four genres that are terrific entertainments AND fascinating historical and sociological relics. We've got a musical (Gold Diggers of 1933), screwball comedy (My Man Godfrey), comedy-drama (Politics), and social drama (Imitation of Life). And even as you're laughing or toe tapping, we've also got homelessness, political corruption, racism, bread lines, war, M**der, unemployment, sexism, and the generation gap. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mechanics' Institute, Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 10.00