Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Busby Berkeley
Screenplay by	Manuel Seff Peter Milne
Story by	Robert Lord Peter Milne
Produced by	Robert Lord
Starring	Dick Powell Adolphe Menjou Gloria Stuart Alice Brady Hugh Herbert Glenda Farrell Frank McHugh
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	George Amy
Music by	Songs: Harry Warren (music) Al Dubin (lyrics)
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 16, 1935 (1935-03-16) [1]
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$567,000[2]
Box office	$1,365,000[2]

Gold Diggers of 1935 is an American musical film directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, his first time as a film's overall director. It stars Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh, and features Joseph Cawthorn, Grant Mitchell, Dorothy Dare, and Winifred Shaw. The songs were written by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film is best known for its famous "Lullaby of Broadway" production number. That song, sung by Shaw, also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The screenplay was by Manuel Seff and Peter Milne, based on a story by Robert Lord, who also produced the film, and Milne.

The movie was the fourth in the Gold Diggers series of films, after the silent film The Gold Diggers (1923), the partially lost "talkie" Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). The first three films, all financially successful, had all been based on the 1919 play The Gold Diggers; Gold Diggers of 1935 was the first one based on a wholly original story. It was followed by Gold Diggers of 1937 and Gold Diggers in Paris.