This number,
from the movie
"Gold Diggers of
1935," is
actually a
film-within-a-film.
Sung and partly
danced by Wini
Shaw:
Dick
Powell, Wini
Shaw, Adolphe
Menjou
"Lullaby of
Broadway" turns
out to be a
cautionary
tale.
(Only Warner
Brothers -- with
its taste for
the dark side --
could have
gotten away with
this in the
1930’s.)
The song won an
Oscar for the
composer Harry
Warren and the
lyricist Al
Dubin, and Busby
Berkeley’s dance
direction was
nominated for an
Oscar.
Al Dubin,
Busby
Berkeley,
Harry Warren
The dance
portion is
larger than life
-- and is
absolutely
breathtaking.
It runs about 12
minutes, and is
shown here in
three parts:
Our second dance
selection also
features Wini
Shaw, but,
first, here are
some of the
breathtaking
items we’re
featuring from
our website
today:
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