Produced in the midst of the great depression, director Lloyd Bacon’s pre-code crowd-pleaser doesn’t ignore the grim cloud hanging over the country. The film’s dramatic elements could easily have tipped over to tragedy but Bacon’s choreographer (and unofficial co-director) Busby Berkeley devised a series of phantasmagorical dance sequences (including the 20 minute finale) that transported the downcast ticket-buyers of 1933 to a happier place (at least for 89 minutes). Starring Warner Baxter, Dick Powell and a dazzling Ginger Rogers.
- 10/9/2017
- by Charlie Largent
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