Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 4, 2016

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Gold Diggers...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on November 22, 2014

As usual with films which have dates in the title, Gold Diggers of 1937 was actually made the previous year. It stars Joan Blondell, one of my favourite actresses, opposite her real-life husband of the time, Dick Powell. There is a lot of chemistry between them, not surprisingly, and I  found th   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on August 30, 2013

Gold Diggers of 1937 Directed by Lloyd Bacon; Musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley Written by Warren Duff et al 1936/USA Warner Bros. First viewing The Gold Digger series has been slowly transitioning from the back stage musical to the musical comedy.  The transition is almost co   read more