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Category Archives: Musicals

The Gay Divorcee (1934)
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December 30, 2016 by smumcounty

With the recent release of “La La Land” (2016) in theaters, the first big budget musical in many moons, it …
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Category: 1930s, Comedy, Musicals | Tags: Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, RKO, The Gay Divorcee
Love Me Tonight (1932)
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October 13, 2013 by smumcounty

“Love Me Tonight” (1932) begins with scenes of the waking of Paris one early sunny morning. Eager to establish its …
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Category: 1930s, Musicals, Pre-Code | Tags: C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Butterworth, Charlie Ruggles, Jeanette MacDonald, Love Me Tonight, Maurice Chevalier, Myrna Loy, Robert Grieg, Robert Mamoulian, Rodgers and Hart
Gold Diggers of 1933
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June 2, 2013 by smumcounty

“Gold Diggers of 1933” begins with a lively musical number not unlike those of other musicals of the 1930’s. Those …
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Category: 1930s, Musicals | Tags: Aline MacMahon, Busby Berkeley, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Gold Diggers of 1933, Great Depression, Guy Kibbee, Joan Blondell, Ned Sparks, Pre-Code Hollywood, Ruby Keeler, Warren William