Gold Diggers of Broadway (partially found musical comedy film; 1929): Difference between revisions

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Poster for the film.

Status: Partially Found

Gold Diggers of Broadway is a 1929 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas.^[1] It was the second film ever to feature both color and voices through its entire running time, the first being On with the Show!, also released by Warner Bros.

Preservation

Despite its popularity and box office success, most of the film has been lost. The movie was filmed on Vitaphone sound-on-disc reels and was spread across ten different reels of 35mm nitrate film. Over time, these reels were lost, possibly due to Warner Bros. having destroyed many of its negatives in the late 1940s and 1950s due to nitrate film pre-1933 decomposition, which could be another reason why Warner Bros/First National had the most significant losses of its Early Sound Era as well as its Silent Era.

Availability

Since the 1980s, various footage from reels nine and ten have been found. Also, the entire soundtrack has survived, and the full version is available online.

Additionally, a YouTuber named "MissVitaphone" had uploaded 15 minutes of surviving footage for the final two reels, which included scenes such as Lightner's character, Mabel, doing a rehearsal in the dressing room as well as a camera recording of four Czech Excerpts reels of "The Rogue Song", but due to the account's termination, these videos are no longer available.

Gallery

Full Reconstruction.

External Links

Wikipedia page on Gold Diggers of Broadway. Retrieved 19 Mar '16
The entire soundtrack to the film. Retrieved 19 Mar '16

Reference

↑ Silentera page for Gold Diggers of Broadway. Retrieved 19 Apr '20

[1] Silentera page for Gold Diggers of Broadway. Retrieved 19 Apr '20

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-'''''Gold Diggers of Broadway ''''' is a 1929 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second two-color Technicolor all-talking feature-length movie.
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+|image=GoldDiggersBroadwayposter.jpg
+|imagecaption=Poster for the film.
+|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
+}}
+'''''Gold Diggers of Broadway''''' is a 1929 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas.<ref>[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GoldDiggersOfBroadway1929.html Silentera page for ''Gold Diggers of Broadway''.] Retrieved 19 Apr '20</ref> It was the second film ever to feature both color and voices through its entire running time, the first being ''On with the Show!'', also released by Warner Bros.
-even though it made $2,250,000 at a box office during its time, the film had been completely lost until 1986 and as of now 2 incomplete reels and few fragment have been yet to resurface.
+==Preservation==
+Despite its popularity and box office success, most of the film has been lost. The movie was filmed on Vitaphone sound-on-disc reels and was spread across ten different reels of 35mm nitrate film. Over time, these reels were lost, possibly due to Warner Bros. having destroyed many of its negatives in the late 1940s and 1950s due to nitrate film pre-1933 decomposition, which could be another reason why Warner Bros/First National had the most significant losses of its Early Sound Era as well as its Silent Era.
+==Availability==
+Since the 1980s, various footage from reels nine and ten have been found. Also, the entire soundtrack has survived, and the full version is available online.
+Additionally, a YouTuber named "MissVitaphone" had uploaded 15 minutes of surviving footage for the final two reels, which included scenes such as Lightner's character, Mabel, doing a rehearsal in the dressing room as well as a camera recording of four Czech Excerpts reels of "The Rogue Song", but due to the account's termination, these videos are no longer available.
+==Gallery==
+{{Video|perrow  =1
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =C8bievu4TzY
+  |description1 =Full Reconstruction.
+}}
+==See Also==
+*[[The Gold Diggers (partially lost silent comedy film; 1923)]]
+==External Links==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Diggers_of_Broadway Wikipedia page on ''Gold Diggers of Broadway''.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16
+*[https://archive.org/details/VitaphoneSoundtrackCollection The entire soundtrack to the film.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16
+==Reference==
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Lost films]]
-[[Category:Partially lost media]]
 [[Category:Partially found media]]
+[[Category:Historic]]