The Gold Diggers (1923 film)
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| The Gold Diggers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Produced by | David Belasco |
| Written by | Avery Hopwood (play) Grant Carpenter (screenplay) |
| Starring | Hope Hampton Wyndham Standing Johnny Harron Ann Cornwall Louise Fadenza Gertrude Short |
| Editing by | Frank Mitchell Dazey |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 22 September 1923 |
| Running time | 80 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Allmovie profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
The Gold Diggers (1923) is a Warner Bros. silent film directed by Harry Beaumont with screenplay by Grant Carpenter based on the play of the same name by Avery Hopwood which ran for 282 performances on Broadway in 1919 and 1920.[1]. Both the play and the film were produced by David Belasco. The film, which is now lost, starred Hope Hampton, Wyndham Standing, Johnny Harron, Ann Cornwall, Louise Fadenza and Gertrude Short. It was also the (uncredited) film debut of Louise Beavers, who would eventually make 156 film appearances, many of them as scene-stealing maids, and played "Beulah" for a season on the TV series of that name.[2]
The story of The Gold Diggers was filmed again as a talkie in 1929 as Gold Diggers of Broadway, which is now lost,[3] and also in 1933 as Gold Diggers of 1933, with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley. Three other sequels followed: Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), and Gold Diggers in Paris (1938).
[edit] Plot
Wally Saunders (Johnny Harron) wants to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne (Anne Cornwall), but his uncle, Stephen Lee (Wydham Standing) thinks that all chorines are gold diggers and refuses to give his approval. Violet's friend Jerry La Mar (Hope Hampton) is not a gold digger, but she agrees to go after Lee so aggressively that Violet will look tame by comparison. Of course, the uncle and the friend fall in love and get married, even after he knows the truth about her, and he gives permission for Wally and Violet to get hitched too.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ IBDB "The Gold Diggers"
- ^ IMDB Louise Beavers
- ^ Gertrude Short and Louise Beavers are the only two actors to appear in both the 1923 silent film and the 1929 sound remake.
- ^ IMDB Plot Summary, TCM Full Synopsis, All Movie Guide Plot Synopsis
[edit] External links
- The Gold Diggers at the Internet Movie Database
- The Gold Diggers at the TCM Movie Database
- The Gold Diggers (1923 film) at Allmovie
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