Melvin LeRoy and Busby Berkeley both direct Golddiggers of 1933. The second incarnation of a popular broadway hit, Golddiggers of 1933 is a tangled tale of love, sex, and money. Well, actually it’s just about sex and money, right? Or is it about social issues and sexism? Perhaps this has something to do with the #MeToo movement. Join me, Ginger Rogers, and Dick Powell as we try to figure out if the progressive elements of this film outweigh its’ outrageous gender bias. The Super 70 Podcast is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, and my website at www.thatdylandavis.com. All music on The Super 70 Podcast is provided by Rozalind MacPhail and Joshua Cunningham whom you can also find on SoundCloud. Works Cited Patricia Mellencamp “Sexual Economics: Gold Diggers of 1933” Five Ages of Film Feminism. Temple University Press. Philadelphia. * Douglas, Ann & Robertson, Pamela. (1997). Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna. The Journal of American History. 84. 1136. * Jane Feuer “The Self-Reflexive Musical and the Myth of Entertainment.” Film Genre Reader II Barry Keith Grant Ed. University of Texas Press Austin
