- The story line was a little strange. It started off with some unemployed show girls trying to make it through the depression. They start to get a show together and things are looking up. Then out of nowhere it is suddenly a weird love story involving two of the girls tricking two rich men into buying them lots of extravagant things. It was just a little bizarre, and I feel like it never really finished what it started. It's almost as if it were two movies combined into one.
- The musical number were very strange. They really had nothing to do with the rest of the film, except for the beginning mentioning that they were making a musical. Petting in the park was at least a little bit related I suppose. The forgotten man was just really nonsensical, and little or nothing that related it to the rest of the movie. I was actually rather glad that there were so few musical numbers in the film, because I really do not enjoy musicals.
- Gold Diggers of 1933 seems like it could be an early version of today's ever popular romantic comedy. It was funny, featured some unlikely pairings of lovers, and was generally pretty upbeat.
Jack, that's a good point about this being like two movies put together. As you say, it's really just a romantic comedy, and even today we see unlikely things happening in those.
ReplyDeleteIf you're not a fan of musicals, don't worry: this is the only one we'll see.